South African Police, Army Secure Main Roads After Truck Attacks
- Police identify 12 suspects but haven’t made any arrests
- Twenty trucks torched on major highways over five days
Source: South Africa Police Service
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South Africa’s army has been deployed to support the police in securing key arterial routes following a spate of attacks on trucks that the government has described as economic sabotage.
Twenty trucks have been set alight over five days, the bulk of which were carrying coal to the nation’s harbors, which suggested the violence was linked to “economic wars” in that industry, Police Minister Bheki Cele told reporters in Pretoria on Wednesday. No arrests have been made but the police have identified 12 “people of interest,” most of whom are based in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, which includes the Durban and Richards Bay ports.