drive-by shootings

Explanation
Between January and October 1993, 139 people were killed in drive-by shootings and attacks on taxis in communities across the East Rand. Gunmen opened fire from fast moving cars, often shooting indiscriminately at people. This strategy was adopted by the IFP and other political groupings, and was designed to sow terror in the hearts of communities. Many such attacks were directed at mourners gathered at night vigils. All the shootings were marked by repeated allegations that the police failed to respond to calls for assistance, sometimes allegedly allowing the killers to drive through townships for several hours.

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Amnesty Hearing, Johannesburg, Day 5

... trigger that. It was one of the ways in which it was broadly said that it was a possibility. We were looking at the possibility of drive by shootings, just to shoot at - because people would stand outside Shell House, it was normal and those people, cars we thought would pass and they ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Pretoria, Day 5 (09 June 1999)

... notifiably more mobile so these very operations by third force were assisted by members of the police in that at times whereby there were drive by shootings in the locations from these unseen forces, the police would overlook these actions but at a time when we took action against the police ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Palm Ridge, Day 6 (01 December 1998)

MR KHUMALO: Yes, there were some attacks but at times they would attack during the day. They would be driving cars and conduct some drive-by shootings. During the day we would have no barricades.

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Sebokeng (08 August 1996)

... from the time that Frans came back he was being harassed and then like so many others in this area and the historians have called this "drive-by shootings" you know, many people seemed to have lost their lives that way. Can you in your own words tell us what do you think the motive was for ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Vanderbijlpark, Day 5 (07 May 1999)

MR STRYDOM: So according to you he did not take part in the drive-by shootings on the 15th of June, is that right?

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Human Rights Violation Hearing, Pietermaritzburg

... well as children and elderly people. But what we discovered later on was that they were accompanied by the police, and they would conduct drive-by shootings. And the police were accompanying them and doing nothing to restrain them. Then on a Monday, when the fight started, we saw a group of ...

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Amnesty Hearing, Johannesburg, Day 2 (12 May 1992)

MR KRUSER: I think, I'm not sure here or in the inquest, I think we discussed all possibilities that might exist. We discussed the issue of drive by shootings, we discussed the issue of the march being used as a decoy for the - we discussed of individuals going into the buildings with arms or ...

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