Beer Train
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:51 amHundreds of looters battled police all weekend at the site of a beer train wreck in South Africa.
Amidst the violence, a 19-year-old woman was left dead when she fell under the wheels of a truck.
The train was carrying 180,000 crates of beer from South African Breweries near Waterval Boven, 124 miles east of Johannesburg. By Saturday morning, police were battling up to 200 people from the nearby township trying to make off with crates of beer; consequently, rubber bullets were fired into the crowd.
Police handed the site over to railway security staff but were back again on Sunday morning, firing more rubber bullets as looters converged on the train. Officers raided nearby houses, recovered only 3 out of 500 missing cases and arrested 6 people.
20 officers will remain at the site until the overturned wagons and surviving beer crates are recovered, an operation that could take up to a week.
Source: MSNBC
Just thought I'd share since so many people here like love beer...
Cheers all,
Ashar
Amidst the violence, a 19-year-old woman was left dead when she fell under the wheels of a truck.
The train was carrying 180,000 crates of beer from South African Breweries near Waterval Boven, 124 miles east of Johannesburg. By Saturday morning, police were battling up to 200 people from the nearby township trying to make off with crates of beer; consequently, rubber bullets were fired into the crowd.
Police handed the site over to railway security staff but were back again on Sunday morning, firing more rubber bullets as looters converged on the train. Officers raided nearby houses, recovered only 3 out of 500 missing cases and arrested 6 people.
20 officers will remain at the site until the overturned wagons and surviving beer crates are recovered, an operation that could take up to a week.
Source: MSNBC
Just thought I'd share since so many people here like love beer...
Cheers all,
Ashar