A crowd of curious Mamelodi residents, east of Pretoria, who had converged along the busy Solomon Mahlangu Drive at an accident scene sprinted for cover as shots rang out following a confrontation between taxi drivers and some community members.
A scholar transport vehicle had earlier been hit by a Toyota Quantum minibus along the busy road.
Some angry community members, the scholar transport driver and the taxi driver were engaged in a heated argument following the accident. Police were not yet on the scene.
Moments later, another taxi driver stopped by, produced a handgun and took his colleague's side in the heated exchange.
Scuffles ensued and during the melee, shots rang out. As the dust settled, the intervening taxi driver was running swiftly facing oncoming traffic, as he fled from the fight. He had been disarmed of his pistol.
A mother, who rushed to the scene noticed later that she was bleeding after a bullet allegedly bounced off the metal wire of her bra.
- African News Agency (ANA)
