Staff Reporter.
SA Police Services (SAPS) have launched a manhunt for two suspects who gunned down a taxi owner in Polokwane.
Fifty-year-old taxi owner Bernad Kgabo Phihlela was gunned down at the Polokwane CBD on Saturday afternoon.
Police said two unknown suspects arrived at the taxi rank in the city centre and fired multiple shots.
They then fled the scene on foot.
Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says Phihlela had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead on the scene.
“A case of murder was opened and it is being investigated by the provincial Taxi Violence Investigation Unit, which specialises in taxi-related crimes.
“The provincial commissioner has instructed the members of this task team to hunt down those responsible for this horrendous crime and bring them to book.”
Ledwaba has appealed to anyone with information that can lead to the apprehension of the suspects to contact the police.