Pistol-packing MP saves the day

CAMERON: SHOT HIJACK SUSPECT NABBED AT HOSPITAL

- Faizel Patel

Pistol-packing MP Ian Cameron - chair of parliament's police portfolio committee - used his gun to fire a shot at Cape Flats youths who tried to hijack the car in which he and two other DA MPs were travelling.

One of the three youths, an 18-year-old, was shot during the Tuesday attack and arrested later when he sought help at a hospital in the area, reports said.

Cameron and colleagues Nicholas Gotsell and Lisa-Maré Schickerling were in one car when three unknown men attacked their vehicle with bricks, smashing at least three windows, on the corner of New Eisleben and Govan Mbeki Road.

They were returning from an oversight visit to the police training college in Philippi East.

Cameron said nothing was taken from the vehicle.

"Traffic was piling up and Lisa said something doesn't feel lekker to her. Next thing we knew, people were breaking our windows," Cameron said, adding they sped away from their attacker to a place of safety - a nearby filling station.