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Free State police clerk arrested for hijacking and kidnapping A police clerk has been arrested for allegedly hijacking a truck in the Free State. Image: ELVIS NTOMBELA Free State cops have arrested a police clerk and two other suspects for allegedly hijacking a truck, as well as for armed robbery and kidnapping. This was after a truck driver reported he had been hijacked, robbed and forced into the boot of a car then dropped off at an unfamiliar location. Police arrested the three suspects on Friday. “Parkweg police arrested three suspects, including an employee of the SAPS, earlier today on M30 road near Lengau farm,” provincial police spokesperson Col Thandi Mbambo said in a statement. ....
Image: 123RF/ Lukas Gojda A truck driver burnt to death when his vehicle caught fire after it was pelted with stones by protesters in Harrismith, Free State. According to the police, a witness saw a person who was with a group of protesters throwing stones at the driver’s truck on Wednesday evening. “Apparently as a result thereof, the driver of the truck lost control and drove into the veld where the truck hit an embankment and caught fire,” said police spokesperson Col Thandi Mbambo. She said when police arrived at the scene, they found the truck burning. They could not see the driver until the fire had subsided. ....