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Bombing of InterCape bus still a mystery VELANI LUDIDI The mystery surrounding the bombing of an InterCape bus last Tuesday evening in Strand that was bound for the Eastern Cape continues to baffle. Some say it was carried out by disgruntled employees, while initial indications suggested in was rogue elements from Nomzamo. Two people died and more than 30 passengers sustained burn injuries in the attack on the bus which, it is claimed, was petrolbombed by three men who had apparently waylaid it as it drove through Onverwacht Road to collect other passengers on its journey to Mthatha. The bus driver said he believed his bus was targeted because he refused to take part in an ongoing strike. Dennis Moyo claims he was also shot at in August for the same reason. “I was shot at while driving a loaded bus outside Grabouw last month.” InterCape and the police have confirmed this incident. The father of two said he’s lucky to have escaped the burning wreckage alive. Recounting the events of last Tuesday, Moyo said: “As I drove past the robots, I thought I’d heared two stones being thrown in front of the bus; suddenly, a fire broke out. I tried to accelerate, but the flames were getting big. So I stopped and opened the doors for the passengers to disembark...” A company spokesperson could not confirm that the attack was carried out by strikers, though. Moyo said the people who attacked him on “both occasions know the route of the bus, as they are former drivers of the company.” Councillor Jongidumo Maxheke has dismissed reports that the attack was by rogue elements. “Although there are issues with housing, problems have been ironed out,” he said. “People would not go to those extremes.” Mayoral Committee member for Safety and Security JP Smith said: “This doesn’t
Firefighters extinguish the last embers of the burning bus. appear to be the result of protest action; there are no protests anywhere near the scene.” One of the survivors, Maruba Benzi, said he was grateful to have survived. One of the first persons on the scene was Paulina Mnukwana, a local resident. She said it seemed the double-decker bus was on its last rounds of picking up passengers before leaving for its journey. Mnukwana said she saw an old woman sitting on the top deck, scrambling to get out
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of the bus. She said: “Boetie, at that time I wish I had wings, so I could fly up and rescue her, because I could see she was walking with a stick. She was also trying to get up, because she was older, but we couldn’t do anything because it was too late by that time.” Mnukwana said she desperately tried to rescue scores of passengers trapped in the burning wreckage. It is not yet known whether the old lady mentioned is one of two people who died in
the fire. Captain Andries Geldenhuys of the Lwandle police said DNA tests will determine the identities of the charred remains of two bodies found in the wreckage. Meanwhile, the Intercape bus company says it will not suspend services after this, the second attack on its luxury liners in two months. Moyo said, despite laying criminal charges twice, he is still too traumatised to return to work.
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