Taxi kills a bystander in a protest
THE stand-off between residents of Siqalo informal settlement and Colorado Park in Mitchells Plain claimed its first casualty when a young man was run over by a taxi.
It is unclear whether the incident was deliberate or the result of people blocking the road due to protests.
On Wednesday night hundreds of people gathered in Highlands Road, Mitchells Plain, as tensions continued to simmer throughout the night.
Several gunshots could be heard and people ran across the road while cars were driving past.
This is when the young man from Bay View near Mitchells Plain was run over when a taxi ploughed into a group of people.
Mogamat Tauriq Mohamed, 21, was buried at the Vygieskraal Cemetery in Rylands yesterday. Police said he was a bystander at the protest when the taxi drove into him and a group of other people.
Two more people were slightly injured during the accident on Jakes Gerwel Drive.
Siqalo residents have been protesting for the past two days. They are demanding water and electricity.
A relative of Mohamed, who did not want to be named, said: “We ask that the media please respect our grieving process.”
The Muslim Judicial Council also sent condolences after the passing of Mohamed.
“He tragically lost his life on Wednesday evening at the community protest.
“May Allah Almighty grant him Jannattul Firdaws Ameen,” they said.
Shaheed Mahomed from the Water Crisis Coalition also said: “It was a very unfortunate incident.
“The accident happened while he was a bystander at the protest.”
TWO MORE PEOPLE WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED