Police car torched, officer injured in Limpopo protest
A group of protesters in Groblersdal in Limpopo
injured a police officer and set alight a state vehicle on Thursday.
Police say residents in the Zaaiplaas area went on a rampage on Thursday evening, barricading the R579 road.
''Two police officers were performing their duties when a group turned against them, attacked them with various assortments of objects including stones. This led to a police constable sustaining some injuries. Reinforcements were sent to the area and the situation was normalised,” says Limpopo police spokesperson Moatshe Ngoepe.
Ngoepe says there is ''mushrooming tendencies'' of attacking police members.
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"Community members are expected to support and embrace the police in their endeavour to fight crime rather than attacking them. Those who participated in this heinous act are going to be hunted down until they are brought to book.
"Community members are seriously warned that the police will take stern legal actions to defend themselves, any other person or property against these attacks.”
No arrests have been made and police say the situation in the area was calm on Friday.