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Eight injured after Golden Arrow bus petrol bombed in Gugulethu

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Eight people have been injured after a Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) bus was reportedly set alight in Gugulethu in the early hours of Monday morning.

 

According to the bus company, reports from the scene suggest that a petrol bomb was thrown by assailants at Duinefontein and Govan Mbeki just before 7 am. GABS spokesperson Bronwyn Dyke-beyer says the assailants used darkness and the homes around them as cover.

 

Dyke-Beyer says the fire was reportedly extinguished by the City’s Law Enforcement and Traffic Services officers.

 

In a short statement issued by Golden Arrow, it confirmed that the eight passengers who were injured in the attack are receiving medical attention.

 

Dyke-Beyer added that a second bus was also attacked, but the fire on the second bus was quickly extinguished, and no injuries were reported in that incident.

 

“Diversions are in place [and] these attacks are callous and extremely dangerous and cannot simply be accepted as the norm,” said Dyke-Beyer

 

Smile FM have contacted police regarding the incident. Police Sergeant Wesley Twigg says they have been made aware of a bus which was set alight in Govan Mbeki Road; however, no criminal cases have been registered as yet.

Danielle Mentoor
Danielle Mentoor
Danielle is Smile FM's PM drive news reader. She has been in the radio industry since 2020 and started her career at a community radio station. When she's not keeping you up to date with the latest news, she's exploring the outdoors.

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