Port Elizabeth police have arrested a 32-year-old man for his role in a service delivery protest in which a truck was torched.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said that residents from the Westville area of Kwadwesi took to the streets early on Monday morning blockading a section of the R-75 between Kwadwesi and Despatch.
"At about 06:30 this morning (Mon), residents from the Westville area in Kwadwesi blockaded the roads leading to and from Uitenhage on the R75. Tyres were burnt on the roads and residents were stoning vehicles as well," Naidu said.
She said a truck was also set alight in the Westville area with Public Order Policing being deployed to the area.
"A 32 year old suspect was arrested and detained on the following charges; Public Violence; Transgression of the Criminal Procedure Act 18/2015 – damage to infrastructure on a public road; Attempted murder; malicious damage to property; Road Traffic Act 319(2) - any obstructions preventing the free flow of traffic on a public road and Sect 321 of the National Road Traffic Act – damage to a public road," Naidu said.
The suspect will appear in the New Brighton magistrates’ on Tuesday.
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