Satellite police station set alight

A SATELLITE police station was set alight in Kokomeng near Taung, North West police said yesterday.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone said: “According to information at our disposal, members of visible policing and public order police noticed, while patrolling the area, that the station’s windowpanes were broken. They also established that one of the offices was set alight.

“There were no police officials posted at the station at the time of the incident as the station operates between 7am and 7pm,” he said.

He said before the station was torched, nine people were arrested for public violence, following a protest.

“The suspects, three females and six males, aged between 18 and 48, are expected to appear in the Taung Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.”

Acting North West provincial commissioner, Major General Ryno Naidoo warned Kokomeng residents and surrounding villages that the police would not tolerate incidents of public violence.

“We cannot tolerate the destruction of property and disregard for the rule of law.

“What happened undermines the authority of the state.

“The action also denies the community the much needed policing services,” Naidoo said. – African News Agency (ANA)