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Trying to save friend from cops earn man three bullets
16 Feb 2016 at 06:24hrs | Views
MPHO Ndaba was reportedly shoot by Metro Police when he was trying to save his friend who was being assaulted byn the cops.
Following the shooting, Daily Sun reported that it might be possible that he may not be able to walk any more.
Metro cops allegedly shot the 33-year-old man at the Orange Farm Taxi Rank on Thursday when he was trying to help a friend who was being assaulted by them!
Mpho's mum, Florence Ndaba, said her son had been a taxi driver for 15 years and was sitting with his friends at the rank when they saw two traffic cops chasing a taximan.
Florence (56), from Zola in Soweto, said Mpho intervened when the cops started assaulting the driver.
According to Florence, the cops shot at Mpho six times, and four bullets hit him in his legs.
Speaking from his hospital bed, Mpho said the other driver parked his Quantum at the rank after being chased by cops from a roadblock.
"They jumped out of their van and started beating him. I went to separate them and told them just to arrest him, but then the one officer started firing at me," he said.
Mpho said he had been told the cops had changed their story and were claiming he had assaulted them.
"I never laid a hand on the officers. All their allegations are lies to cover up what they did."
Mpho's sister, Portia, said he was a quiet man who often made peace when others were fighting.
Orange Farm police spokesman Captain Johannes Motsiri said the police were investigating a case of attempted murder against the traffic cops. An assault case was opened against Mpho as well as a case of malicious damage to state property, as a police vehicle was smashed during the incident.
Motsiri said Mpho was under police guard in hospital.
The Quantum driver who sped away from the roadblock managed to flee.
Following the shooting, Daily Sun reported that it might be possible that he may not be able to walk any more.
Metro cops allegedly shot the 33-year-old man at the Orange Farm Taxi Rank on Thursday when he was trying to help a friend who was being assaulted by them!
Mpho's mum, Florence Ndaba, said her son had been a taxi driver for 15 years and was sitting with his friends at the rank when they saw two traffic cops chasing a taximan.
Florence (56), from Zola in Soweto, said Mpho intervened when the cops started assaulting the driver.
According to Florence, the cops shot at Mpho six times, and four bullets hit him in his legs.
Speaking from his hospital bed, Mpho said the other driver parked his Quantum at the rank after being chased by cops from a roadblock.
"They jumped out of their van and started beating him. I went to separate them and told them just to arrest him, but then the one officer started firing at me," he said.
Mpho said he had been told the cops had changed their story and were claiming he had assaulted them.
"I never laid a hand on the officers. All their allegations are lies to cover up what they did."
Mpho's sister, Portia, said he was a quiet man who often made peace when others were fighting.
Orange Farm police spokesman Captain Johannes Motsiri said the police were investigating a case of attempted murder against the traffic cops. An assault case was opened against Mpho as well as a case of malicious damage to state property, as a police vehicle was smashed during the incident.
Motsiri said Mpho was under police guard in hospital.
The Quantum driver who sped away from the roadblock managed to flee.
Source - Daily Sun
