{"id":26880,"date":"2015-03-20T10:55:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T08:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=26880"},"modified":"2015-03-20T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T08:55:44","slug":"observer-truck-burned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2015\/03\/20\/observer-truck-burned\/","title":{"rendered":"Observer truck burned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the truck driver, a group of men approached them with knifes, stabbed the tyres and forced them out of the truck.<\/p>\n<p>The men then allegedly petrol bombed the vehicle, leaving it in ashes.<\/p>\n<p>The truck drivers were not injured and rumours have been circulating that the men took and sold some of the newspaper in the street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have suffered an estimated loss of R 400 000 in total,\u201d said Billy Richards, factory manager at the Middelburg Observer.<\/p>\n<p>A case of arson is being investigated and no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26880 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2015\/03\/20\/observer-truck-burned\/attachment\/observer-burns-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"152\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/Observer-burns-2-152x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/Observer-burns-2-152x203.jpg 152w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/Observer-burns-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/Observer-burns-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2015\/03\/20\/observer-truck-burned\/attachment\/observer-burns-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/Observer-burns-1-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/Observer-burns-1-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/Observer-burns-1-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/Observer-burns-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26883'>\n\t\t\t\tWhat is left of the Middelburg Observer truck.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Middelburg Observer delivery truck loaded with newspapers was set alight yesterday in Thembisa, Mhluzi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":26886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Naledi 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