GAUTENG. – A Russian tourist was shot dead on the N4 near Onverwacht on Thursday evening, 5 November, and his wife was injured in her left eye. The couple were on their way to Kruger National Park. According to the Russian news service RTVI the Russian embassy in South Africa identified the deceased to RIA Novosti as Anatoly Nizovtsev.
Lt Col Isaac Mudau, police spokesperson, said the Bronkhorstspruit police received a report of the shooting at approximately 22:00. Police officers found the man's body with multiple gunshot wounds. The injured woman identified herself as his wife. Police are investigating a murder case. No one has been arrested yet.
According to First Care Emergency, the man stopped near Ekandustria to replace a tyre that had allegedly been damaged by sharpened nails. The emergency service reported that unknown suspects robbed the couple of their belongings, shot the man and fled. First Care Emergency received the call at 22:44 and was on scene at 23:03.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
