Update on SAPS VIP highway assault – Confirmation of facts and SANDF status of victims
4 July 2023
SANDU has since its last statement on this matter established in speaking to at least 1 (one) of victims the following facts:
1. At least 1 (one) of the victims in the assault is a member of the SANDF and the union.
2. All victims in the incident are SANDF members.
3. The victims were en route from Johannesburg to Pretoria when a black SUV appeared next to their vehicle while one of the occupants in the SUV was pointing a fire arm at the victims' vehicle. The victims' vehicle was subsequently boxed in by more SUVs and forced, in formation, to the left side of the N1 highway. The occupants of the SUVs exited their vehicles surrounding the victims' vehicle and attempted to smash the windscreen of the victims' vehicle. Upon not being successful in that attempt, the assailants proceeded to smash the back window of the victims' vehicle and assault the occupants of that vehicle.