{"id":59387,"date":"2016-11-07T08:17:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T06:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=59387"},"modified":"2016-11-10T12:43:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T10:43:38","slug":"taxi-assault-caught-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/07\/taxi-assault-caught-on-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"(National News) &#8211; Taxi assault caught on camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the information, the assault started after an accident between a taxi and another vehicle on Mandela Road close to The Ridge Casino.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows a taxi driver, wheel spanner in hand, repeatedly kicking and hitting another man with an artificial leg.<\/p>\n<p>After the group of men who were attacked managed to get back into their vehicles, the man with the wheel spanner high-fives another man, almost as if they are celebrating the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; 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