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Cape Argus reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) has implemented its '72-hour activation plan' as officers track down the suspects responsible for the killing of a metro traffic official in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday morning.
Police spokesperson Priscilla Naidu said a 60-year-old metro traffic official was fatally wounded and a 43-year-old passenger was injured after being shot at the intersection of Lungelo Mlandu Street and Victoria Drive in Walmer. Naidu reported that an unknown male wearing a balaclava approached the driver’s side and fired several shots at the stationary metro vehicle. "The driver accelerated and turned left into Victoria Drive hitting a vehicle before careening off the road." The vehicle came to a standstill after colliding with a boundary fence. The driver jumped out of the vehicle, collapsed and died. The passenger, a municipal employee, sustained a gunshot wound to her head and was taken to hospital for treatment. The motive behind the fatal shooting has yet to be established
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sisonke Mlamla at Cape Argus
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