ANA reports that Eastern Cape police are investigating a case of attempted murder after it emerged that a lift at the Mount Road police station in Port Elizabeth was allegedly tampered with.  

Last month a lift in the main building plunged from the fourth floor and injured seven people, three of whom are still receiving treatment in hospital.  Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Marinda Mills confirmed on Monday that a case of attempted murder had been opened by the department of public works following an inspection of the damaged lift by a private company.  Mills said it was found that 14 counterweights, each weighing more than 70 kilograms, were missing.  Days before the lift at the main building plummeted to the ground, cops could not get into their offices and residents had no access to their living quarters at the Barracks due to another non-functioning lift.  The problematic lift at the Barracks, situated across from Mount Road police station’s main building, was subsequently fixed.

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