Police confirm deadly Braamfontein shooting link to taxi violence
Police are continuing with their investigations and are still calling on the public to come forward with any information about the attack that claimed three lives.
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JOHANNESBURG - Police have confirmed that the gruesome shooting of three people in Braamfontein is linked to taxi violence.
Gauteng's newly-appointed top cop Tommy Mthombeni brought this to light on Friday.
He was delivering his maiden speech as the province's new police commissioner at the South Africa Police Service headquarters in Parktown.
Mthombeni said preliminary investigations revealed that the harrowing attack, which left three people dead and one fighting for their life in hospital, after two unknown gunmen opened fire in a brazen shooting on Thursday, was related to taxi industry conflict.
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He said police are continuing with their investigations and are still calling on the public to come forward with any information.
"From what we gathered these are taxi violence related issues but unfortunately, we had one student who was caught. He lost his life and we are saying condolences to the family. Currently we have put a formidable team to pursue the investigation."