A man killed due to a gambling row
10th December, 2007
A man was shot outside a bottle store on Saturday after the argument occurred while gambling on the street, Mpumalanga police reports.
Mpumalanga police has reported that a man was shot and killed due to the argument that appeared outside a bottle store in Bushbuckridge.
According to the Superintendent Abie Khoabane, the killing happened about 4:45 am after the gambling argument got out of control.
The suspect got his gun out and shot in the air three times in the row, after which him and his friends started running away to avid the group that were trying to disarm him.
According to the Superintendent, two out of the group decided to chaise the man with a gun and his companion, which is when the suspect turned around and fired once behind. The bullet chose to land in the victim's chest, who later on died from a serious wounding and blood loss.
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