WATCH as Police officers run for their lives as angry Joburg residents chased them with stones.
Johannesburg metro police officers had to flee to their cars for cover as angry residents chased them with stones.
The incident happened in Ennerdale, south of Joburg, where the officers were carrying out an operation to demolish unoccupied shacks.
According to Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) spokesperson Xolani Fihla, the incident happened on Thursday when officers from Region G and the by-law management unit were carrying out a lawful operation on Grif Street following complaints of illegal land invasion in the area.
Fihla said a group believed to be illegal land invaders mobilised against officers during the operation.
“The situation escalated rapidly as the group began assaulting officers with stones and discharging firearms at the officers in an attempt to block the truck transporting confiscated building materials,” said Fihla.
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