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Driver of exploded gas tanker released due to lack of evidence

───   06:39 Thu, 29 Dec 2022

Driver of exploded gas tanker released due to lack of evidence | News Article
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The National Prosecuting Authority’s Rose Malatsi says the driver in the Boksburg gas tanker explosion has been released due to a lack of evidence.

SABC News reports he was released on Tuesday and did not appear in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

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Malatsi says the decision was taken by the police.

26 people died in the explosion and 30 others were injured.

There was a strong police presence outside the court with about seven police vans and a water tanker stationed strategically in the parking lot opposite the court building.

SABC News

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