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Dead hijacker a DUT student?
15/04/2008 14:02 - (SA)
Durban - A Durban resident shot dead a hijacker who was apparently a student at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), police said on Tuesday.
Spokesperson Inspector Solomon Mbhele said hijackers accosted a 23-year-old man in his driveway in Vivien Road, Pinetown at 20:40 on Monday night.
The man had just arrived home in his Ford Fiesta and was parking his car. "Two armed men approached him from either side of the car. They pointed a gun at him and forced him out," said Mbhele.
The victim shouted and his father - who was inside the house - heard.
The elderly man rushed out to find the hijackers reversing his son's car out of the driveway.
"The hijackers opened fire on the father and the father - who was also armed - returned fire," he said.
Police said the car then struck the neighbour's fence, veered off and hit a tree on the roadside.
"One hijacker had been shot dead and his accomplice managed to flee," said Mbhele.
The father later told police he saw the other hijacker getting into a white Golf parked nearby - which sped off.
"The dead man has been identified as a student of DUT," Mbhele said.
The name of the student had not yet been released to the media. Police said they would be investigating the possibility that the other hijacker may have been a student at the same institution.
The father and son were uninjured.
University spokesperson Nomondi Mbadi told Sapa they were unsure whether the dead hijacker was a student.
"We cannot confirm whether it was one of our students because police have not yet even told us the deceased's name.
"It could also turn out that he was a former student. Once police give us more details then we can verify it."
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