IOL reports that two security guards were shot in the head and killed on Monday morning at the Loerie Fourie Road garbage transfer site near Kwanonqaba in Mossel Bay, Western Cape.

According to The South African, the victims – believed to have been on guard duty at the location the previous evening – were discovered on Monday before 5am. The two security officers, both 28 years old, were discovered outside the guard station with gunshot wounds to the head. Police spokesperson Sergeant Christopher Spies said crime scene investigators searched the area for clues but the cause of the murder was still unknown. “The suspects are still at large and a search for those responsible for the incident is under way,” Spies indicated. Meanwhile, the Mossel Bay Municipality confirmed that the transfer station was reopened to the public on Tuesday morning.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sibuliso Duba at IOL

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