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A passenger on an Intercape bus was wounded when three buses came under attack in separate incidents in the Eastern Cape on Sunday.
The company said in a statement on Monday that the first incident was reported at 4 pm when a bus travelling to Cofinvaba came under fire.
No one was injured in this incident, and a case was registered at Cofinvaba SAPS.
According to Intercape, a second bus was stoned and shot at on the R-61 between Tarkastad and about 40 kilometres from Nxuba (formerly Cradock) before 10 PM on Sunday night
“A male passenger sustained a bullet wound to his left thigh. The coach proceeded to the Cradock police station where the injured passenger was treated by ambulance before being taken to the Cradock provincial hospital,” the bus company said.
“A short while later, at around 10:15 pm, another Intercape coach was stoned and shot at on the same R61 route, about 15 kilometres outside Cradock. Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident,” Intercape said.
Both incidents were reported to Cradock SAPS where a case was registered.
“Intercape calls on Transport authorities and police to act urgently to address these brazen attacks on Intercape, its staff, and innocent members of the travelling public by making
arrests. “There have been more than 130 cases opened with police in the Eastern Cape and not a single arrest,” the bus company said.
