Two videos caused a stir on social media yesterday ( Wednesday), claiming two robbers were caught red-handed after they hijacked a vehicle at Siqalo informal settlement along Jakes Gerwel Drive.
But cops say the men had broken into the car and didn’t hijack it.
Police were already on the scene in the first video, a 56-second clip, in which a man is heard saying: “ Daar vat hulle die mense se kar op Vanguard Drive. Kyk hier, die mense maak niks(he says of the cops). Hier is vier manne, maar hulle kan f**** maak.
“Hulle hijack mense se karre dan kan die boere niks maak nie.”
Several officers then approach the car where two men can be seen busy ransacking it.
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The person filming follows the cops and then two gungshots are heard.
“Daar’s it! Skiet op die * ***ers!” he shouts at the cops.
Police handcuff the two men and place them in a van and one officer is heard accusing the suspects of throwing bricks at the police.
In the second video, a bleeding man is seen lying on the side of the road.
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Police told the Daily Voice on Wednesday that they could not comment on either video as witness statements were still being formulated.
However, they confirmed the gunfire heard on the video were warning shots and that according to preliminary reports, the incident was not a hijacking.
They also confirmed that the suspects had stoned cops and that the second video was unrelated to the first incident.