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Cops guard Jhb taxi rank
29/05/2007 13:43 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The Bree Street taxi rank, in central Johannesburg, was under police guard on Tuesday after Monday's shooting in which one person died and seven were wounded.
SA Police Service officers and Johannesburg metro police were on patrol in the area and on guard at each entrance, said Johannesburg metro police spokesperson, Inspector Edna Mamonyane.
"There have been no incidents today, but we are keeping an eye on the situation at the rank in the interests of the passengers' safety," she said.
Last month, a driver was shot dead and four people were wounded at the rank.
Monday's Bree Street shooting erupted in an alleged dispute between rival taxi associations over routes. It was the bloodiest of three taxi-related shootings in the city.
A 28-year-old driver was attacked when he stopped at an intersection on Hendrik Potgieter Drive, in Honeydew, on Monday, while another was wounded at a different intersection along the same road 20 minutes later by two occupants of a minibus taxi.
On Sunday night a 44-year-old taxi owner and his friend died a car in Zola, Soweto, when drive-by gunmen fired 16 shots at them with a 9mm pistol and an R5 rifle.
Superintendent Lungelo Dlamini said there had been no arrests yet, but investigations were continuing.
- SAPA
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