The Citizen reports that a senior oral hygienist was shot dead outside the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital on Tuesday morning in what is believed to be an apparent hit.

Motalatale Modiba, head of communication for the Gauteng Department of Health, said: “We have learnt with shock the news of the shooting and killing of a chief oral hygienist near the Chris Hani Baragwaneth Academic Hospital. She was on her way to work at the Lillian Ngoyi Community Health Centre at the time of the incident.” Modiba said the employee’s colleagues were devastated by her death. The woman, whose identity has not yet been revealed, was killed as she sat inside a grey VW Polo. She was apparently heading to work when two gunmen shot her. The killers are believed to have walked straight up to her window and opened fire. One of the bullets exited through the left front door. The employee lost control and her car hit a pole. The gunmen then fled. Some eyewitnesses said it appeared to have been a hit, as the gunmen would have taken the car if it were a hijacking

• Based on reports at The Citizen and News24

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