/ 17 January 2009

Motorist gunned down by hitchhikers

A 38-year-old man was gunned down by hitchhikers in Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga police said on Saturday.

Superintendent Abie Khoabane said the man was driving on a stretch road with his girlfriend at about 9.30pm on Friday when he stopped to give two hitchhikers a lift.

”The two men pulled out a firearm after he had stopped and shot him in the back and in the stomach. He died at the scene.”

” he man’s girlfriend managed to get away unharmed,” he said.

A case of murder has been opened and investigations are under way. — Sapa