A man is missing after apparently being shot during a hijacking on his way to OR Tambo International Airport on Friday evening.
According to News24 the man and a woman were driving in a Toyota Hilux and were confronted by gunmen when they stopped at a traffic light, spokesperson Kay Makhubela said.
The hijackers took the Hilux, tied up the woman and put her in their kombi. She managed to escape and later told police the hijackers shot the man during the hijacking.
“It is not clear if he was killed. He is nowhere to be found,” Makhubela said.
Some of the hijackers drove off in the kombi with the woman still tied up but were involved in an accident in Naledi, Soweto.
After the crash, in which no injuries were reported, the hijackers fled the scene and the woman was found and untied. She was not physically harmed, News 24 reported.
Members of the flying squad spotted the Hilux near Zola, Soweto, and gave chase.
There was a shoot-out between the hijackers and police, during which one of the suspects was wounded.
He was taken to hospital, where he remains under police guard.
Police were still searching for three more men in connection with the crime.
