'Suspected hit' sees man killed in hail of bullets in Umhlanga

'Suspected hit' sees man killed in hail of bullets in Umhlanga

A man believed to be in his forties has been killed in a suspected drive-by shooting in Umhlanga, north of Durban.

Man killed in hail of bullets in Umhlanga 2
Netcare 911

Netcare 911's Shawn Herbst says paramedics attended to the scene this morning and found the adult male to have been shot while seated in his vehicle. 


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"Reports from the scene indicate that an adult male believed to be in his forties had sustained multiple high calibre gunshot wounds throughout his body in what appears to be a hit.


“The patient was assessed by a Netcare 911 paramedics. However, he showed no signs of life and was declared deceased. 


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“Circumstances leading up to the incident will be investigated by the relevant authorities who were on scene.”

Umhlanga drive by shooting 27 jan
Gcinokuhle Malinga

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