Suspects shoot and kill three in ‘taxi-related conflict’ in Mahwelereng policing area
A taxi driver was shot and killed in a guesthouse in Mokopane and two men were ambushed in Mahwelereng.
MOKOPANE – The police have launched a 72-hour activation plan to hunt down the perpetrators who shot and killed three men in separate taxi-related incidents in the Mahwelereng policing area on Sunday evening.
Police Spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe said that a special task team comprised of police members derived from different units is hard at work to track down the suspects involved in the murder of a 29-year-old taxi driver in Mokopane and two unknown men in Mahwelereng.
“The taxi driver was gunned down at a local guesthouse at around 20:30, while the two unknown men were ambushed while travelling in a minibus taxi and were shot and killed at around 21:00.” In both incidents, the suspects fled the scene of the crime.
Ngoepe added that the motive behind the two incidents are still unknown but that taxi-related conflict has not been ruled out.
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