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Putco investigating 47 buses burned in arson attack, SA weighs

Putco investigating 47 buses burned in arson attack, SA weighs

  • Putco is investigating a possible setting after setting 47 buses in Mpumalanga
  • Two employees were injured during violence of four warehouses, and the reason for the attack was unknown
  • South Africans suspected that bus torches were an act of sabotage, and some accused the taxi industry

Tebogo Mokwena, a Short news Journalist in Johannesburg in South Africa, covered accidents, fires, explosions, nature, weather and incidents related to natural disaster in everyday sun and vutivi Business news for seven years.

Putco buses were set on fire in four magazines in Mpumalanga
Putco is investigating incidents in which 47 buses were abundant. Pictures: @sapoliceservice/ x and xavier lorenzo/ getty images
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Mpumalanga – An unknown number of attackers set fire to 47 Putco buses in four magazines in Mpumalang in the evening of 27 January 2025. South African suspected that sabotage was behind the motif.

47 Putco buses on fire in Mpumalanga

Two employees were injured during an attack in which armed men dressed in black stormed magazines in Moloto, Siyabuswa, Vaalbank and Wolvekraal. Putco Lindokuhle Xulu spokesman said 47 buses were set on fire. Employees were planted and associated with one of the warehouses. They fired a few shots and bombarded buses. One of the employees was shot in the foot and the other was hit with a chair.

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What does Putco do with this?

Putco said that he was closely cooperating with law enforcement agencies to examine the theme of the attack. Xulu said that Putco does not speculate, but one of the common challenges in the area is it Taxi Associations sometimes stop buses in the province.

The associations allegedly wanted Putco to stop working at certain times. However, Putco will continue to work, and the South African police will help in patrolling high -risk areas.

47 Putco buses were set up in Mpumalanga
Buses from four warehouses in Mpumalang have been set on fire. Photo: @sapoliceservice
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Similar incidents with fire on public transport

South Africans divide theories

Internet users I comment on Facebook He believed that buses could be set on fire by taxi associations fighting for control over routes.

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TW Medin Kibebo said:

“This bad action can come from local taxi associations.”

Melusi said:

“It reminds me after removing the lock. Trains were sabotaged, buses were robbed, etc., but only one mode of transport flourished. “

Patrick Taele said:

“I suspect that this is related to the owners of taxis.”

Donovan Brown said:

“Taxi association. They destroyed trains, and now bus services. But the government knows this because many of them are involved. “

Oliver El-Che Moguru said:

“The motive is not clear, and some taxi associations are the culprits.”

Utzz building sections burned down during the protest

In a related article, Short news informed that the University of University of Kwazulu-Natal He was lit during the protest. The university condemned this incident.

Students protested that the university had cut a bus service and tried to secure during the protest. The chemistry building was lit during chaos.

Source: short news