Police ‘will work around the clock’ after Eersterust police station attacked
Sixteen people were arrested after protesters stormed the Eersterust police station east of Pretoria on Thursday evening‚ police said on Friday. Some of the arrests related to service delivery protests in the area. Police are still in pursuit of the suspected residents who stormed the SAPS office in Eesterust and stole a firearm.
"The operation will continue pending the recovery of the rest of the property stolen from the Eersterust Client Service Centre‚ and possibly more arrests. Police will work around the clock to ensure that all missing items are recovered‚ particularly the service firearm," Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Deliwe de Lange said. Francois Beukman, the chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on police, has condemned the attacks on the police station. He said the police must take the necessary steps to arrest the perpetrators and bring them to book. "Anarchy in the name of community protest cannot be allowed. Any attack on a law enforcement locatio...
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