Four more suspects arrested in connection with the shooting attack at the Cape Town station deck on Monday made their court appearance on Thursday.
Xolani Thafeni, Thobela Dingani, Meluxolo Pikini and Lwandiso Paul Diamond were added on the docket of the other two accused, Sinethemba Mngambi and Siyabulela Velile, who appeared on Wednesday.
Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana says the four, between 31 and 35 years, were arrested by a task team and Railway Police.
The six suspects are charged with seven counts of attempted murder, reckless endangerment to person or property, and discharge of a firearm in a public place.
Mngambi, 31, faces an additional charge of being in possession of an illegal firearm.
He was arrested by a traffic officer shortly after the shooting as he tried to flee.
The second suspect, Velile, 39, was arrested a day later.
The case was postponed to 2 December when they will appear at the same court for a bail application.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila confirmed: “Please note that Xolani Thafeni, Thobela Dingani, Meluxolo Pikini and Lwandiso Paul Diamond were added to the docket of the two accused men charged with shooting at the station deck.
“Their case has been remanded to 2 December 2020 for bail information.”
Terrified commuters ran for cover when shots rang out at the city taxi rank at noon on Monday as the gunmen started shooting randomly while running.
A wheelchair-bound woman was among the seven wounded in the attack.
There has been a heavy presence of Law Enforcement and traffic officers at the deck following Monday’s shooting.
Nine hours after the city shooting, five people were killed and three others injured by unidentified gunmen at the Nyanga taxi terminus.
The latest attacks bring the total number of taxi-related murders in the Western Cape to 92 since the start of the year.
Meanwhile, Transport and Public Works MEC Bongin-
kosi Madikizela believes extortion is the link to the spate of taxi-related attacks.
He called an urgent meeting with the leaders of taxi associations Cata, Codeta and Santaco to express his concerns about their failure to stop the violence.
“These crimes include increasing reports of extortion by criminal elements allegedly aligned to Cata and Codeta,” said Madikizela.