A 40-year-old Somalian was shot dead and his colleague seriously injured after three armed men robbed their store in Delft in the Western Cape, police said on Tuesday.
Captain Randall Stoffels said Yusuf Abdille, a shopowner, was parking his car at his house at Mango Street in Delft South on Monday night when three armed men approached their vehicle.
The men opened fire on Abdille and his 34-year-old colleague. Abdille, who was shot in the neck, died on the scene, while his colleague was wounded on the left thigh. He was taken to a local hospital.
Stoffels said the armed men fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. Police were still searching for the men.
Stoffels said cases of murder, attempted murder and armed robbery were being investigated.
Earlier this month another Somalian shop owner was killed and his colleague, also from Somalia, was seriously injured when two armed men robbed them in Milnerton, Cape Town, said Stoffels. – Sapa