KZN SAPS take 15 people in for questioning after attack on e-hailing drivers

702 and CapeTalk’s Mandy Wiener speaks with spokesperson for SAPS in KZN, Robert Netshiunda.

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Two e-hailing drivers were allegedly assaulted and shot at in the KwaDabeka township in the west of Durban on Wednesday, during an altercation with taxi operators.

Netshiunda says a group of taxi operators allegedly approached the e-hailing drivers on the side of the road and forced them to drive away.

There was a gunshot through the door of one of the e-hailing vehicles.

Fifteen people have been taken in for questioning after the incident.

Police say eight licensed firearms were seized from the house of one of the taxi owners, and four more were removed from other drivers.

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“We took them for ballistic testing to see which one was used in the shooting.”

- Robert Netshiunda, SAPS KZN spokesperson

This comes just two weeks after an e-hailing driver was killed in Soweto.

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