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By Sboniso Dlamini

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KZN taxi driver ‘accidentally’ shot by security guard

The security guard has been arrested and police are investigating after the taxi driver was fatally shot.


A taxi driver was shot and killed, allegedly by a security guard, at the Maphumulo taxi rank in KwaDukuza on Tuesday morning, reports North Coast Courier.

The man’s gun was apparently fired by accident inside the vehicle, reported police.

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KwaDukuza police spokesperson Sibusiso Khuzwayo said the 29-year-old driver was taking a taxi to a panel beater when the security guard asked for a lift.

The scene of the shooting at Maphumulo taxi rank.

When the security guard sat down, he pulled out a gun and while he was pulling it out, he allegedly pulled the trigger by mistake and the driver was shot. The taxi crashed into a bus that was parked next to the taxi rank, said Khuzwayo.

The security guard has been arrested and police are investigating.

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