SOLDIERS JUST STARTED SHOOTING! MURDERED: Mthokozisi “Skoko” Shabangu.
ONE man is dead and three others are injured after being shot at, allegedly by soldiers outside a tavern.
Sandile Sbanyoni (27) of Betty’s Goed Village in Dundonald outside Elukwatini in Mpumalanga said he and his cousin Mthokozisi “Skoko” Shabangu (27) and other friends were sitting outside the tavern in Hartebeeskop after it had closed when two soldiers arrived in a Land Cruiser and started shooting at them on Saturday at about 12.15am.
“We ran for our lives as the two soldiers shot at us, but Mthokozisi didn’t make it,” Sbanyoni said.
The shootout happened on Saturday in Hartebeeskop. (iStock)
A 27-year-old man died and three others were injured in a shootout outside a tavern in Hartebeeskop, Mpumalanga on Saturday.
National police spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo said the 27-year-old man died after he was rushed to a clinic. Of the three wounded victims, two have been treated and discharged, while the third man is reportedly fighting for his life in hospital, Naidoo added.