22 Nov 2017

Protecting taxi drivers

From The Panel, 4:25 pm on 22 November 2017
Alem said he feared the gunman would kill him.

Alem said he feared the gunman would kill him. Photo: RNZ / Charlie Dreaver

A man has been arrested in relation to the weekend shooting of a Wellington Taxi driver. The unprovoked attack on Alem Tessema has frightened taxi drivers across the country, especially those who have few other job opportunities. The panellists discuss what this kind of of unprovoked violence says about our city streets and what taxi driver can do to protect themselves.