A regional court prosecutor from Pietermaritzburg was shot in a hail of bullets outside Umlazi magistrate’s court, south of Durban, on Wednesday.
Sources confirmed that the prosecutor was involved in a case against two policemen who were charged with murder.
Police spokesperson, Brig. Jay Naicker, said the shooting incident occurred at 9 a.m.
“A 36-year-old man was driving his vehicle along Solo Road in Umlazi. When he was about to enter the court [premises] a vehicle with unknown suspects blocked his vehicle. Two men alighted from the vehicle and fired several shots at him and fled in their getaway vehicle. The prosecutor sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body and was declared dead at the scene. The motive for the killing is unknown.”
NPA spokesperson, Natasha Kara, confirmed the details around the shooting.
“I can confirm that one of our prosecutors, who is a regional court prosecutor from Pietermaritzburg, had gone to Umlazi to finish partly-heard matters and was shot at the court where he succumbed to his wounds and passed away.”
Sources: TimesLIVE, SABC News
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