{"id":38788,"date":"2021-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=3d7b51a699721ec48f941658aacd3e65"},"modified":"2021-08-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T00:00:00","slug":"taxi-owner-shot-dead-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/taxi-owner-shot-dead-over-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxi owner shot dead over the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
A manhunt is underway to find the killers of a 62-year-old taxi owner who was shot and killed at the weekend, said Mpumalanga police.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The taxi owner was brutally killed during a business robbery at Vosman near Witbank around 5:30pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe said business robbery incident reportedly occurred in the presence of other shoppers. It is said that a group of armed suspects stormed into the supermarket at a Mall in Vosmanof,\u201d said the South African Police Service (SAPS) of the incident where the shoppers were held at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Multiple gunshots were reportedly fired and it was later discovered that the taxi owner was shot and he was certified dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Police have opened a case of business robbery together with an additional charge of murder.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201dThe investigation is underway and currently nothing seems to have been taken during this robbery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Anyone who can assist in the investigation may contact the Branch Commander, Colonel One Thobejane at 082 372 2195 or call the Crime Stop number on 08600 10111.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Alternatively, members of the public can send information via the My SAPS APP. All received information will be treated as confidential and callers may opt to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A manhunt is underway to find the killers of a 62-year-old taxi owner who was shot and killed at the weekend, said Mpumalanga police.The taxi owner was brutally killed during a business robbery at Vosman near Witbank around 5:30pm on Saturday.\u201cThe said…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n