22-04-2025
Fatal Durban shooting: Taxi feud suspected
Police investigating a fatal shooting at a petrol station in Point Road in Durban on Friday are yet to rule out taxi violence as the motive behind the attack.
Berea Mail reports that according to Kyle van Reenen from Ensure Security, they were alerted to a shooting at around 16:00 on Good Friday and dispatched their Urban Regeneration Tactical Response Teams to the scene, where the SAPS were in attendance.
'It was ascertained that three armed men approached a taxi driver, firing shots in an attempt to kill him. The man returned fire in defence of his life, fatally wounding one of the suspects,' says Van Reenen.
KZN police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda says: 'Reports indicate that at least two men were seated outside a fuel station shop when a vehicle arrived and its occupants started shooting at them. The two men reportedly returned fire. During the shooting, the passenger in the vehicle was shot and certified dead at the scene.'
A woman who was working inside the shop was also shot. She and a man were transported to hospital.
'Two AK47 assault rifles were found at the scene… A handgun was seized from the man who was hospitalised.'
Netshiunda says cases of murder and attempted murder are being investigated by police in Point.
'The motive of the shooting is yet to be confirmed, however [a] taxi-related feud cannot be ruled out,' he adds.
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