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By Riaan Engelbrecht

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Man shot dead in his car in Boksburg

The bakkie, a Hyundai H100, was riddled with bullet holes.


A Zimbabwean man was shot and killed while in his vehicle in what appears to be a robbery on the corner of Trichardts Road and Railway Street on Sunday, reports Boksburg Advertiser.

According to Boksburg SAPS spokesperson Const Ntsako Ledwaba, police responded to the complaint of a shooting in the area at about 2.30am and found the man inside his bakkie with multiple gunshot wounds.

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The motive for the killing remains unclear.

It is believed that the man was shot by two men, who police described as African males driving in a white bakkie, who made off with the victim’s cell phone and wallet.

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