Taxi boss gunned down while taking kids to school

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'A motorist drove to RUSA offices in Verulam reporting multiple shots being fired at a white Toyota Fortuner.. Due to the extent of his injuries he died at the scene.'

Prem Balram, director of private security company Reaction Unit SA, said security officials found three hysterical children, aged 13, 11 and 8, near the bullet-riddled vehicle on Old Main Road.

Paramedics assessed the man and found that he had sustained multiple gun shot wounds to his head and body.Three hysterical children were found near the vehicle which came under gunfire in Verulam.Witnesses told RUSA that the Toyota Fortuner was approaching the single lane steel bridge when a red VW Polo stopped next to it.

 

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