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Family slams ‘lying’ SAPS

A DURBAN family accused police of repeatedly lying to the media about why members of the National Intervention Unit (NIU) wrongfully riddled their car with gunfire, thinking they were a gang of hijackers.

According to eyewitnesses and a ballistic expert hired by the family, police had their guns pointed on the occupants of the vehicle, which is contrary to the version stated by the SAPS.

Police claimed the family were caught in the middle of a shootout between themselves and suspected hijackers, near the corner of Sheringham Road and Hill Street in Overport, on July 16.

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