Bicycle gang terrorises Laing Avenue

‘The Thieving Bridge’: The short footbridge linking Laing Avenue and Front Road West Ruimveldt where a bicycle gang preys on residents.

Laing Avenue residents are crying out for police protection in a section of the area where a bicycle gang has been carrying out robberies over the last year.
The gang members, reportedly numbering around six men, are waylaying residents at a bridge and carrying out the attacks in broad daylight and also at night. A few of the incidents have gone unreported, but a report was recently made to the police. The gang recently beat and robbed a pastor.

There are reports of over a dozen attacks over the last two months, during which residents were relieved of jewellery, cellular phones and