Two arrested in connection with murder of Phoenix man
Police have arrested two suspects following a drive-by shooting in which an elderly man was killed in Phoenix, north of Durban.
Seventy-one-year-old Abdool Khalik was hit on the head and died at the scene.
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The police's Thulani Zwane says the teenage suspects were arrested shortly after they fleeing the scene.
"A case of murder was opened at Phoenix Police Station for further investigation, and the motives behind the shooting are still unknown at this stage. Two suspects - aged between 17 and 19 - are due to appear in the Verulam Magistrate's Court, on charges of murder," he said.