Mom shot dead in front of teen

2010-03-08 11:07


Tsolo - A 58-year-old woman was shot dead in front of her 14-year-old daughter at Lujecweni village in Tsolo, Eastern Cape police said on Monday.

Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the woman was at home at around 21:30 on Sunday when an unidentified man kicked the door open and fired a gun.

"He did not say anything before firing the two shots, and after that he fled the scene."

Fatyela said police did not know the motive. They found cartridges of a 9mm pistol on the scene.

The girl was unharmed.

Police were investigating a case of murder and had not yet arrested anybody.


- SAPA