11 taxi drivers shot dead in South Africa on return from funeral
Gunmen in South Africa have killed 11 taxi drivers in an ambush. The
men from Gauteng province were travelling to Johannesburg on Saturday
night when their minibus was fired on.
The victims, and four others critically injured, were returning from a
colleague's funeral in the coastal region of Kwa-Zulu Natal, police
said. The motive is unclear although rivalry between groups running
minibus taxi routes in South Africa has led to violence in the past.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said the vehicle was
attacked between the towns of Colenso and Weenen, in the coastal
province.
"The vehicle was ambushed. There were 11 fatalities and four were
seriously injured and are in hospital. There has been a lot of taxi
violence in the area but we are still investigating who the perpetrators
were" he told reporters.
The targeted attack comes days after deadly shootings in
Johannesburg, South African media reported. In one week, a taxi owner
reportedly with "no enemies" was shot dead in his vehicle, and two
others were killed while travelling under a police escort. Ten people
were also killed in violence related to rivalries among minibus drivers
in Cape Town over one weekend in May.
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