Two McDonald’s employees were killed and five injured early on Monday after a vehicle taking employees home was fired on – allegedly by police who were pursuing suspects involved in a petrol station robbery nearby.
The unfortunate incident happened early hours of Monday morning‚ the transport vehicle in which some of our McDonald’s Kuilsriver crew were travelling in‚ was shot at. Two of their staffs were reportedly killed while five others sustained serious injuries.
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) spokesman Robbie Raburabu said the police officers thought the taxi carrying McDonald’s employees was connected to the robbers after it allegedly “obstructed” police from getting to the robbers’ getaway vehicle.
“They obstructed the police’s way in trying to get to the vehicle‚ which gave police the idea that they were together.
“The (getaway) taxi had five robbers inside‚ and the police allege they were shooting at them.”
“The initial info is that the police did not have their blue lights on so even if there were warnings they were not sufficient‚” said Raburabu.
-timeslive