A murder probe is underway by the Provincial Investigative Unit after a 36-year-old prosecutor was shot dead outside uMlazi Magistrate’s Court, on Wednesday afternoon.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker said a case of murder has been opened for investigation by uMlazi SAPS. “It is alleged that at 9am, a 36-year-old man was driving his vehicle along Solo Road in uMlazi. While he was about to enter the court, a vehicle with unknown suspects jammed his vehicle. Two males alighted from their vehicle and fired several shots towards him and fled the scene in their getaway vehicle. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds on the upper body and was declared dead at the scene.”
According to Brig Naicker, the motive for the killing is still unknown. In media reports, National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Kara confirmed the shooting and said: “I can confirm that one of our prosecutors, who is a regional court prosecutor from Pietermaritzburg, had gone to uMlazi to finish partly-heard matters and was shot at the court where he succumbed to his wounds and passed away.”
