A 72-year-old priest was killed by a stray bullet in Durban on Tuesday afternoon, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday. Captain Vishnu Naidoo said the shooting occurred in Brickfield Road, Springfield near the Essendene Temple around 4pm. A 30-year-old man had seen a person trying to steal his Toyota Venture and opened fire. The alleged thief was hit in the chest and right leg while the priest, Govindsamy Moodley, was hit in the head by a stray bullet. He died instantly. The injured man was arrested and taken to hospital. Naidoo said the case docket would be forwarded to the senior public prosecutor at the Durban Magistrate’s Court for a decision on whether the 30-year-old should be arrested. -Sapa