Live rounds allegedly fired as taxi drivers try to stop looting in Vosloorus
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Taxi drivers guarding Vosloorus Mall on the Gauteng East Rand have opened fire with live ammunition on looters
In an exchange of gunfire, which lasted five minutes, taxi drivers from the Katlehong Peoples Taxi Association opened fire on hundreds of looters who were gathering outside the mall.
The mall was ransacked overnight with looters pillaging a butchery, Boxer furniture store and grocery stores
A taxi association member, wielding a club, said it was anarchy.
Sunday Times senior reporter Graeme Hosken, talks to taxi drivers on the scene.
In an exchange of gunfire, which lasted five minutes, taxi drivers from the Katlehong Peoples Taxi Association opened fire on hundreds of looters who were gathering outside the mall.
The mall was ransacked overnight with looters pillaging a butchery, Boxer furniture store and grocery stores
A taxi association member, wielding a club, said it was anarchy.
Sunday Times senior reporter Graeme Hosken, talks to taxi drivers on the scene.