Taxi passenger injured after road rage leads to shooting
Before he could do anything, a shot was fired into the back seat of the taxi wounding a woman.
A woman was injured when an unknown man shot at a taxi near Kinross this afternoon.
The taxi, fully loaded with passengers, was on its way from Secunda and turned towards the road to Delmas just after Mshiniwam. The taxi driver was said to have been travelling in the fast lane and with another car travelling behind it.
The taxi driver said he observed the car in the mirror when he heard passengers screaming that the driver was pointing a firearm at them.
Before he could do anything, a shot was fired into the back seat of the taxi wounding a woman.
The wounded woman was admitted to Evander Hospital.
Kinross Police urged anyone with information that can lead to the successful arrest of the culprit, to contact Sgt Kennedy Botha at 017 687 1313/0033.
The suspect was described as a well built white man, with a mustache and he was wearing a checked shirt.
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