Mpumalanga: Innocent bystander killed by stray bullet

Reports indicate that an unknown number of gunmen stormed a foreign owned business.

Mpumalanga: At 10H57 Monday morning, Netcare 911 responded to a shooting off Carmen Street in Blesboklaagte, Nkangela District.

Reports indicate that an unknown number of gunmen stormed a foreign owned business.

The store owner managed to escape through the front door with the suspects chasing the owner as he ran away.

Multiple shots were fired in the direction of the store owner who got in a car and drove away.

On closer inspection, it was found that a 21-year-old bystander been shot.

The patient, an adult male was found lying face down in a pool of blood.

Sadly he showed no signs of life and was declared deceased on the scene.

Circumstances leading up to the incident will be investigated by the relevant authorities who were on scene.

Reports indicate that an unknown number of gunmen stormed a foreign owned business.