In an update issued by the SAPS spokesperson, Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli, the situation is still tense, and there is heavy police presence in the area with other law enforcement agencies assisting as force multipliers.
“This morning, May 27, at approximately 06:00, there were sporadic groups of people who started burning tyres on the roads, but that situation was dealt with by Public Order Police (POP) with the assistance of other policing units, who are deployed in the area,” said Nkohli.
He added, “Arrangements are being made to accommodate the stranded foreign nationals. Most of them have been accommodated in interim shelters outside Addo.”
Nkohli said that the police have assigned a team of detectives to work on the opened cases.
“Police have also assigned a team of detectives to work on the cases that were opened, and as soon as they are finished with the investigation process, the arrests will follow,” he concluded.
UD Express previously reported that community members from Valencia in Addo attacked foreign nationals following the alleged murder of a local resident during a tavern altercation, resulting in three deaths and ten injuries.
This is a developing story.
