Police would not speculate on whether a taxi owner’s shooting in Centurion last week could be linked to an ongoing “taxi war” in the area.
The 52-year-old taxi owner was shot and killed while making his way from a meeting last week Thursday afternoon.
“We will only be able to determine the motive behind the murder once an arrest had been made,” said provincial police spokesperson Colonel Lungelo Dlamini.
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Dlamini would not confirm whether the murder was related to previous taxi-related shootings in Centurion over the past month.
“We are yet to arrest anyone in connection with the crime,” Dlamini said.
The victim, who was associated with the Centurion taxi association, was shot several times by three unknown men in Theron Street.
The shooting took place at around 12:20.
“He was declared dead at the scene,” according to Dlamini.
“The shooters fled the scene in an unknown vehicle.”
Last month, a 44-year-old taxi association member was shot and killed in his vehicle on the corner of Jean Avenue and Rabie Street in Centurion.
A week later another man was shot and killed outside the offices of the local taxi association in the nearby Kruger Avenue, also in Lyttelton.
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