Fights in and around bars, shebeens worrisome
Pini Bothoko | Tuesday April 4, 2023 06:00
The concern follows an incident in which a young man was stabbed with a knife in Extension 27 in Broadhurst, Gaborone on Saturday night at a shebeen and sustained serious injuries. Broadhurst Police Station commander, Superintendent Obusitswe Lokae told The Monitor most of these fights erupt between people who know each other either as friends or those who had spent the night together drinking alcohol.
“These fights usually include arguments during beer drinking, fights over money, and arguments of partners in relationships and they usually occur on month-end when both victims and perpetrators are intoxicated.
“We continue to record cases in which people sustain serious injuries and at times lose their precious lives after they were involved in fights over petty issues that could have been avoided,” Lokae said. He added that in most of these fights, knives are used urging members of the public to leave knives out of disputes as efforts to tackle knife crime remain a challenge.