Brit doctor shot dead after taking wrong turn at airport in South Africa
A BRITISH doctor was shot dead in Cape Town after taking a wrong turn from the airport and getting caught up in a riot.
The tourist, 40, was with two family members when he drove into Nyanga - a township near Cape Town International Airport.Credit: Reuters Lirandzu Themba, the spokeswoman for the police minister, said: "The 40-year-old doctor was driving with two other persons in the vehicle."In Ntlangano Crescent a number of suspects approached his vehicle, shot and killed him. No arrests yet."Negotiations between taxi unions and the government broke down on Monday - leading to strike action by the South African National Taxi Council.
Protests erupted after a law was introduced giving the authorities the power to impound taxi driver's vehicles for driving without a licence, or registration plates.
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