Cape Town taxi boss and two taxi owners linked to Nyanga terminus mass shooting
18 people were arrested and appeared at the Athlone Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with murder and attempted murder.
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CAPE TOWN - A Cape Town taxi boss and two taxi owners are linked to the deadly mass shooting at Nyanga terminus this week.
One person died and six others were left injured when warring groups from the same taxi organisation shot at each other near the local taxi rank on Tuesday.
Eighteen people were arrested and appeared at the Athlone Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with murder and attempted murder.
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Western Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile said that four security guards were under police guard in hospital.
Patekile has commended the police for their swift reaction.
"Under the circumstances there, and if you count about 120 cartridges that were on the scene, we prevented what could have been a disaster at the time. I can’t imagine the end results of that had we not been there that time and pounce on them."