/ 4 February 2002

SAA HOSTESS SHOT BY EX-BOYFRIEND

A SOUTH African Airways air hostess was seriously injured on Sunday morning after she was shot by an ex-boyfriend at Airways Park, Kempton Park, police said. The woman, 30-year-old Precilla Masuku, arrived at work at 7am and was confronted by her ex-boyfriend near the crew-gate at Airways Park, Superintendent Eugene Opperman said. The man took out a pistol and fired about five shots at Masuku. She fell to the ground and the man ran away. The man later shot himself and died in Ormonde in the South of Johannesburg. Masuku was taken to a local hospital, where she was in a serious but stable condition. -Sapa