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Tongaat Home Affairs official gunned down in street

Source: North coast courier, 29/05/2023

The woman is believed to have been on her way home at the time of her murder.
An as yet unidentified Home Affairs official was shot and killed in Gopalall Hurbans Road in Tongaat on Thursday afternoon at around 4pm.
Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) swiftly responded to multiple reports of the shooting.
Eyewitnesses told RUSA officials a male passenger abruptly exited a still-moving car before drawing a firearm and opening fire on the woman driver. Her vehicle veered off the road and collided with a construction barrier.
In a conflicting account of events, other eyewitnesses claimed the shooter was walking along the centre median of the road when he pulled his firearm and opened fire on the passing vehicle.
The victim, who sustained six gunshot wounds to her body and one to the head, succumbed to her injuries before medical help could arrive. The attacker fled on foot.
IPSS Medical Response reported that the woman was on her way home when she was murdered.
Police are investigating but no update on the incident was available.

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