Alleged gang members attack SAPS at Hanover Park voting station

Four arrested after police officer injured in stone and bottle attack near Cape Town voting station

Four suspects, including minors, have been arrested after a police officer was injured when a group allegedly attacked officers with stones and beer bottles near a voting station in Hanover Park, Cape Town, on Wednesday, November 4. The incident occurred shortly after 10am near the Hanover Park Civic Centre voting station, where members of the […]

Alleged gang members attack SAPS at Hanover Park voting station

  Public Order Police have been deployed to Hanover Park after the police’s anti-gang unit caught two alleged gang groups throwing stones at each other near the Hanover Park Civic Centre voting station.   According to police, Anti-Gang Unit members were deployed in the area as part of the 2026 Local Government Election security operations. The officers reportedly intervened shortly after 10 am when they noticed the two groups in a dispute.   Whi…