News24 reports that police are investigating a case of murder after a public prosecutor was shot gead outside her home in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape on Thursday afternoon.

According to police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, the prosecutor was attacked at approximately 15:30 in Loton Road, Young Park. “While still seated in her vehicle, a Toyota Etios, four unknown suspects wearing masks stopped with a white VW Polo in the street… got out of the vehicle and multiple shots were fired at her vehicle,” Janse van Rensburg said. She added that the prosecutor was rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds but died on arrival. The motive and the suspects are still unknown, and the investigation is ongoing. The name of the deceased will be released once she has been officially identified.

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