Zimbabwean nationals gunned down in Limpopo village
Responding to a call in the early hours, officers discovered a white Toyota Hilux 2.8 GD abandoned in the bush.
Inside was the body of a 30-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. Authorities also found the second man, aged 28, nearby, also shot dead.
'One of the victims was seated in the driver's seat with multiple gunshot wounds while the second was found a short distance away, also fatally wounded,' police said in a statement.
Police recovered ballistic evidence and a cellphone at the crime scene.
Both men were originally from Bulawayo. One had been staying in Musina Location while the other lived in Ha-Rangani Village.
The case has been classified as a double murder and referred to the Provincial Organised Crime Unit. Police appealed to anyone with information to come forward via Lieutenant Colonel Rodney Ndou's office, the nearest police station, or the anonymous MySAPS App.
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