TimesLive reports that there was pandemonium at the Durban Magistrate's Court on Wednesday when a court employee and a person accompanying two murder accused were injured in a gang-related shooting.

The shooting occurred in Somtseu Road near a taxi and bus stop adjacent to the court. Several men, understood to be part of the Cartel gang from Wentworth, south of Durban, were walking towards the entrance before the start of a murder case when the occupants of a Kia Sportage pulled up beside them and opened fire. A 21-year-old man, who was with the two accused, was shot twice in the right elbow. As the men fled towards the court's entrance, bullets cut through the air, one of them clipping a court employee on his ankle. The 34-year-old was rushed to hospital. A police source alleged the incident stemmed from the bloody war between the Hollywood and Cartel gangs over drug turf in Wentworth. Shortly after the incident a meeting was held with court staff. Staff were furious they weren't notified about high-profile, 'sensitive and dangerous' appearance. A senior court official from the provincial security office said the case had not been pegged as high-profile. One court employee said that before the shooting a fight had broken out outside court 10 prior to the accused’s' appearance. “We had to call security to get extra police into our court. That shouldn't be the case,” the employee complained.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Orrin Singh & Mfundo Mkhize at TimesLive
• Read too, Three injured after shooting outside Durban Magistrates’ Court, at The Citizen

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