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Timeslive reports that police arrested a suspect who attempted to torch a train on Tuesday at Cape Town station.
Metrorail said platforms 13 and 14 had just been reopened‚ following a fire that gutted two carriages on Saturday‚ when the suspect set a carriage seat alight. If the fire had taken hold and spread it would have been the fourth in a train in the past 11 days. Employees managed to extinguish the fire before significant damage could be done and police and protection services officials were on the scene almost immediately and managed to detain a suspect. Metrorail regional manager Richard Walker urged commuters to be vigilant when trains approached stations and to report suspicious activity or the smell of accelerants to station or security staff. Last week‚ the United National Transport Union described the fires as “blatant sabotage”. The ANC in the Western Cape called on commuters to partner with law enforcement officials to form arson watch programmes.
- Read this report by Philani Nombembe in full at Timeslive
- See too, Suspect in latest Metrorail train fire arrested in Cape Town, at News24
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