A case of attempted murder was opened after four suspects entered Khalid Mokadam’s medical practice in Hillbrow, Johannesburg and shot him in the chest before fleeing the scene. The four men are allegedly entered the surgery around 13:00 and went to the office of the doctor. Three of the suspects wrestled with the doctor and one of the suspects shot the doctor in the chest.
A witness who was there when the shooting happened said, “These guys walked up to us and asked for chairs. They were all wearing construction clothes, and we gave them chairs to sit on because we assumed they were good guys who were probably tired of work.”
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The witness says the suspects sat and waited for doctor Mokadam to open the door before they attacked him. The electronic door could not be opened from outside, it required the doctor to open from within.
“When the doctor was at the door, the guys rushed to him and started to fight with him inside and that is when I heard a gunshot in seconds.” The four suspects were seen running out of the surgery and heading in different directions after the shooting. The doctor was rushed to hospital with a gunshot wound in the chest.
Dimakatso Sello, the Gauteng police spokesperson, confirmed that the incident was reported, and a case of attempted murder was opened. “It is alleged that four men entered the surgery pretending to be patients. They shot the doctor and fled the scene. The suspects are still at large,” said Sello.
Source: News24, The Bharat Express News, The Wall, Twitter, image from News24
