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TikTok couple flees back to the UK after Philippi brick attack

- BY MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

A CAPE Town couple who had returned from the United Kingdom to visit family say they have now fled back abroad after a terrifying brick attack and robbery in Browns Farm, Philippi.

Aqeela Benjamin and her husband, Fariet, both TikTok content creators, were travelling through Cape Town with family last Wednesday when their vehicle came under attack by a group of youngsters near the intersection of New Eisleben and Sheffield Roads.

The couple were on their way to Mitchells Plain when traffic congestion diverted them through Nyanga and ultimately into Browns Farm, a known criminal hotspot.

Aqeela explains: "We were travelling with my mother-in-law and my 14-year-old niece. We got stuck in traffic.