Watch: Female witness shot dead in South Africa outside courtroom
A woman was shot dead near the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court and Wynberg detectives are looking into whether she was a witness in a legal case.
According to police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie, detectives were investigating the murder near the corner of Church Street in Wynberg at about 10.45am on Thursday.
‘Crime scene experts are still combing the scene. Preliminary reports reveal that the unknown deceased (woman) was walking in the street near the court when she was approached by unknown gunmen who started shooting at her, wounding her fatally.’
‘She succumbed to injury on the scene and was declared dead by medical personnel,’ Pojie said.
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Woman shot dead shortly after leaving Wynberg Magistrate court in Cape Town, Churh Street on Friday. It is alleged that the deceased was a witness in a case. pic.twitter.com/UVlQT7nVHi
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The motive for the murder is also part of the police investigation.
Wynberg CPF’s Shamila Nicholas told IOL that the victim was believed to be attending a court case in which she was a witness before she was followed out of court.
‘It’s a case that is going back to 2018. She was shot at and died on the scene,’ Nicholas said.
Meanwhile, ward councillor Emile Langenhoven said the community was shocked by the incident, adding that they were also reeling following the news of the murders of four people in the neighbouring Constantia suburb.
This comes after the bodies of two male and two female individuals were discovered in Constantia, Cape Town, on Thursday morning. The victims, believed to be of Bulgarian descent, were found to have suffered fatal gunshot wounds.
‘Police were summoned to the crime scene after the discovery was made,’ explained police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut. ‘The motive for the multiple murders is yet to be determined, with detectives hard at work in search of clues. Serious and violent crime detectives have initiated an investigation.
