/ 2 December 1999

TAXI VIOLENCE FLARES IN KWAZULU-NATAL

A WOMAN and four men were kidnapped and killed in KwaZulu-Natal province, apparently by a group of minibus taxi drivers, police said on Thursday. The bodies of the five — three of them teenagers — were discovered on Wednesday around the Inanda area, just north of the east coast city of Durban. “All five victims sustained multiple injuries including stab, burn and assault wounds,” police said in a statement. Police believe the murders are in revenge for the killing of a taxi owner on Tuesday.