Authorities on high alert after spike in rock throwing attack on Durban motorists

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The department has also provided a WhatsApp number for residents to report suspicious individuals or groups along overhead bridges. DailyNewsSA

Durban - Transport, Community Safety and Liaison MEC Bheki Ntuli has directed law enforcement agencies to be on high alert and improve their monitoring of bridges as rock-throwing incidents spike again.

The number is 0636979569 and people are also urged to dial 10111 should anyone witness suspicious individuals or groupings along overhead bridges. The department said that several incidents had been reported last week in Durban, where motorists were targeted by a syndicate throwing stones on highways.The modus operandi was that once a rock was thrown, the motorist was then forced to stop and would thereafter be attacked.

Rock-throwing incidents became prevalent in the Durban area from the end of 2017, however, there had been incidents prior to this.

 

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