{"id":1633,"date":"2025-05-18T18:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2025-05-18T18:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:30:41","slug":"residents-of-laezonia-claim-unlawful-raid-and-assault-by-security-guards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"Residents of Laezonia Claim Unlawful Raid and Assault by Security Guards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CENTURION, LAEZONIA \u2013 A group of residents in Laezonia, Centurion, allege they were violently attacked by a group of over 50 private security guards who stormed their premises without any police presence or legal documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred recently when the security guards allegedly jumped over the gates of a private property and began physically assaulting those present. &#8220;They did not identify themselves or present any legal paperwork,&#8221; said one of the victims, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The residents say they tried to open a case with the police, but officers refused to assist. &#8220;The police told us they won&#8217;t open a case because they believe we sell drugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we were attacked for no reason,&#8221; said another individual.No warrant, legal order, or explanation was reportedly provided during or after the raid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victims say they fear for their safety and feel abandoned by the justice system. &#8220;We just want the police to give us answers and tell us what really happened,&#8221; one resident added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community members are calling for an independent investigation into both the conduct of the security company and the police&#8217;s refusal to take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a developing story. Diepsloot News will continue to follow up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CENTURION, LAEZONIA \u2013 A group of residents in Laezonia, Centurion, allege they were violently attacked by a group of over 50 private security guards who stormed their premises without any&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1635,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/1635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}