Another taxi boss killed
Armed men gunned down a 62-year-old taxi owner in Kwaggafontein, Mpumalanga on Wednesday.
According to police, the taxi owner and his friend were walking a few meters away from his home when a group of four armed men driving a white BMW drove by and fired shots , provincial police spokesman Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said on Friday.
The attackers made a u-turn and returned to the scene to ensure that the taxi owner was dead, Hlathi added. They reportedly fired more shots at the victim who was already lying on the ground, and fled the scene thereafter.
A taxi owner was killed during a drive-by shooting in Kwaggafontein, Mpumalanga. (iStock)
Police in Mpumalanga are searching for the killers of a taxi owner who was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Kwaggafontein.
Armed men in a white BMW shot him multiple times.
Several people in the taxi industry in the province have been killed in recent weeks.
Armed men gunned down a 62-year-old taxi owner in Kwaggafontein, Mpumalanga on Wednesday.
According to police, the taxi owner and his friend were walking a few meters away from his home when a group of four armed men driving a white BMW drove by and fired shots , provincial police spokesman Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said on Friday.