AN UBER driver was attacked on Thursday evening in an apparent hijacking at Cape Town international airport.Andrew Trench‚ Digital Editor at Times Media Group‚ was commuting from Johannesburg and was a passenger in the cab leaving the airport at about 8pm when three men surrounded the Uber car.Mr Trench said that two of the hijackers grabbed the driver and ordered him out of the car. They allowed him to take his bag. The hijackers drove off with the driver."It’s definitely like an Uber thing‚ it wasn’t like a normal hijacking‚" he said.Once the police were alerted the hijacked Uber vehicle re-emerged on the radar. Mr Trench alerted Uber through their app.Uber spokesperson Samantha Allenberg said later the driver was safe and that he was with the police.She said that the Uber team in Cape Town was able to locate him once they were notified of the incident by Mr Trench.Ms Allenberg said she was working with the police.Two weeks ago‚ an Uber driver was killed in Cape Town following a s...
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