WESTERN CAPE – A 34-year-old minibus taxi driver was shot dead in Mfuleni on Thursday evening, while a woman was wounded in the same attack. Three suspects were arrested shortly after the incident when police officers found four unlicensed 9 mm pistols and 147 rounds of ammunition in their possession.
Sergeant Wesley Twigg, police spokesperson, says police officers from the Mfuleni crime prevention unit were conducting foot patrols in Ngubela Street when they spotted three men running in their direction. The men attempted to flee when they saw police, but were intercepted. Further investigation led police to the crime scene, where the taxi driver was found with gunshot wounds in the driver's seat of his vehicle. The injured woman was admitted to hospital.
The three suspects, aged between 25 and 30, are expected to appear in the Blue Downs Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of murder, attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearms.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
