This, after five trucks were set alight on Saturday night. OFM News previously reported that police spokesperson, Motantsi Makhele, confirmed the police in the two towns received a complaint about the trucks and upon their arrival found five of them already extinguished by the Fire Department from Sasolburg.

Makhele said the drivers alleged that one truck was petrol-bombed and forced to stop across the road. Shots were also allegedly fired at other trucks forcing them to stop. He said the truck drivers fled to a nearby field for safety and the motive for the attack is under investigation.

The torching of the five trucks in the Free State comes just two days after nine trucks were allegedly petrol-bombed on the N3 and R103 near Heidelberg on Thursday night. eNCA reports on Thursday, 20 trucks were torched across four major freeways around Gauteng.

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