Cape Town - The Glenhaven stronghold of the alleged leader of the notorious Sexy Boys gang, Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, was petrol-bombed twice and shot at four times during a brazen dusk attack.
An Audi R8’s back wheel was flattened and a Volkswagen Polo’s hatch and bumper burnt during the bomb attacks and shooting which took place on Thursday evening. Shots were also fired into a garage and gate.
No injuries were reported from the attack outside the home, which is surrounded by surveillance cameras.
The fire brigade was called, but neighbours had doused the flames by the time they arrived.
A security guard witnessed the entire attack while walking from one of Booysen’s other homes near the Rue Emmy Street home, where the attack occurred.
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security cameras filmed three attackers in a Nissan 1400 bakkie lighting explosive devices, then hurling them at the home.
The driver of the bakkie fired shots, a passenger threw a bomb, while a person on the back of the bakkie threw a second bomb, sources reported.
The Sexy Boys gang, which is being investigated by the Hawks for drug-running, has declined police help, saying it would conduct its own investigation.
Pagad leader Abdus Salaam Ebrahim denied rumours that the anti-gangsterism and drugs organisation was behind the attack.
“If members of the public responded by attacking that house because drugs and gangsterism are destroying the lives of their children, and destroying our country, then we applaud that action – but only if it was done for the right reasons,” he said.
Last month the Hawks raided three other homes in Booysen’s large property portfolio in the northern suburbs. They seized 250-litre metal containers believed to contain chemicals used to make drugs, as well as other machinery.
Booysen, a former building inspector at the Cape Town City Council for 21 years until 2006, has been accused of murder three times. None of the cases has made it to the courtroom.
Besides owning several homes in Glenhaven, Bellville and Durbanville, Booysen also owns houses and complexes in Belhar.
The owner of the Belhar Rugby Club, Booysen describes himself as a community builder.
Police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut confirmed the attack, but said the owner of the house did not want to lay a charge. The police would not investigate the attack.
Weekend Argus
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