Police and emergency medical services were called to a filling station in Kenilworth after a 41-year-old woman was shot, robbed and pushed out of a vehicle moments after she had requested the services of an e-hailing driver.
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While information remains sketchy, police have confirmed the incident after the woman sought refuge in the shop after she was shot in the arm on Thursday.
The incident occurred on a nearby street, where the woman appeared to have requested the services of an e-hailing driver.
She was forced to hand over her personal belongings, shot, and then pushed out of the vehicle shortly after being picked up.
‘The circumstances surrounding a shooting incident on Thursday at 9.20pm in Wetton Road, Kenilworth, where a 41-year-old female was shot and wounded are under investigation,’ police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg explained.
‘Wynberg police attended to a complaint of a shooting and upon arrival on the scene they found the victim with a gunshot wound to her arm.’
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‘According to reports the victim requested an e-hailing service to transport her home; the victim was then robbed of personal belongings and was pushed out of the vehicle.’
‘The victim ran to a nearby fuel station for help.’
‘The suspects are yet to be arrested.’
‘Anyone with any information about this incident can contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111.’
According to IOL, Uber said in their response that they had no records of the incident but sympathised with the victim: ‘The described event is completely unacceptable. No one should ever have to experience such on any platform.’
‘Please note the team has investigated the matter and confirmed that there have been no reports on the incident described.’
Bolt’s Mahlodi Molekane said the company could not comment on the incident until the passenger’s name was revealed and it could investigate whether the trip was logged and where.
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