Taxi driver gunned down in Eastern Cape

2012-09-11 17:15
(Willie Maartens, Beeld)

(Willie Maartens, Beeld)

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Johannesburg - A taxi owner has been shot dead outside his friends' house near Butterworth, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday.

Captain Jackson Manatha said the 54-year-old man was shot several times in the upper body on Monday night.

Police recovered R1 rifle ammunition at the scene.  

- SAPA

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