Cape Town - Hangberg residents in Hout Bay stopped attacking police after three more of their members were arrested for public violence on Wednesday morning, Western Cape police said.
"That [violence] is finished now and three people were arrested," said Warrant Officer Tanya Lesch.
Police arrested 58 people on Tuesday when they allegedly attacked them for dismantling their illegal shacks.
The residents were expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on charges of public violence.
Meanwhile, 702 Talk Radio reported that relatives and friends of the residents hadgathered outside the court in support.
However, after being told they did not have permission to protest outside the court, the residents moved away, but returned when school children arrived to protest community issues.
The radio station reported that police struggled to disperse the protesters and blocked off the road in front of the court while trying to reason with the pupils.
The residents accused police, who were on the scene on Tuesday, of brutality and demand that Mayor Dan Plato and Western Cape premier Helen Zille step down.
- Sapa
"That [violence] is finished now and three people were arrested," said Warrant Officer Tanya Lesch.
Police arrested 58 people on Tuesday when they allegedly attacked them for dismantling their illegal shacks.
The residents were expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on charges of public violence.
Meanwhile, 702 Talk Radio reported that relatives and friends of the residents hadgathered outside the court in support.
However, after being told they did not have permission to protest outside the court, the residents moved away, but returned when school children arrived to protest community issues.
The radio station reported that police struggled to disperse the protesters and blocked off the road in front of the court while trying to reason with the pupils.
The residents accused police, who were on the scene on Tuesday, of brutality and demand that Mayor Dan Plato and Western Cape premier Helen Zille step down.
- Sapa
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