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Crime scene where a passenger shot and killed a taxi driver (Mpho Raborife, News24)
- A minibus taxi driver was shot and killed inside his vehicle by a passenger in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon.
- The gunman then jumped out of the taxi and into a sedan that was parked nearby.
- The motive for the shooting is unknown.
A passenger in a minibus taxi shot dead the driver within sight of commuters in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon before fleeing.
The driver was transporting passengers from Randburg to the Johannesburg CBD at the time.
An eyewitness reported that the man apparently asked to be dropped off after a traffic light. As he was about to get out, he pulled out a pistol and shot the driver.
The witness said that after being shot, the driver lost control of the vehicle and the passengers jumped.
Johannesburg Metro Police Department spokesman Xolani Fihla said the taxi was heading to Johannesburg between 5:30 PM and 5:45 PM when an armed passenger attacked the driver.
Fihla added that the shooting took place along Jan Smuts between Empire Road and the M1 motorway.
“It is alleged that a passenger shot him in the upper body. The alleged gunman along with another passenger from the taxi then got out of the taxi and got into a Toyota Corolla. The sedan, suspected of being a getaway car, drove away” .
The motive for the shooting has yet to be determined.
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