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gunNews24 reports that a security guard was shot and killed during a hijacking in the King Shaka International Airport precinct on Tuesday evening.

The woman, a security officer attached to the airport, was with her colleague when the attack happened. Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the pair were patrolling around the airport in their vehicle when four men accosted them. "The male security officer managed to escape but was sadly also shot, he ran to the main road where he was assisted by a taxi driver that dropped him off at the KwaZulu-Natal International Airport Police Station," Mathe reported. The hijacked branded security vehicle was later tracked and traced to Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. Police are searching for the suspects linked to the crimes.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Zandile Khumalo at News24


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