‘Taxi boss’ gunned down outside Verulam school
Law enforcement authorities are hunting for the gunmen who killed a man near a primary school in Verulam in an apparent ambush.
It's alleged the victim, believed to have been a taxi boss, was sitting in his vehicle near Lotusville Primary on Wednesday afternoon when he was attacked.
Paramedics from Reaction Unit South Africa responded after they received multiple reports of rapid gunfire.
Rusa's Prem Balram says at the same time, parents had arrived to fetch their children from school.
"Upon arrival, they found a sliver bakkie riddled with bullets. When paramedics and officers approached the vehicle, they found a male seated in the driver's seat. He was shot multiple times. Paramedics treated him on scene but he demised a few minutes later."
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Balram says a Grade 5 boy was also hit by a stray bullet.
"A child was shot in the school premises. He was treated and then transported out of the school. He did not sustain life-threatening injuries.
"Two or three other children were injured. When they were fleeing the scene the fell to the ground and they had minor scrapes and bruises."
