- The motorist killed in a shooting incident in Milnerton, Cape Town was identified as Shaufik Nassar, an Israeli citizen in his mid-30s.
- He was gunned down in a suspected assassination.
- The death of Nassar comes almost a year after his cousin Abdel Fattah Nassar was also shot and killed while visiting Cape Town.
The motorist killed in a shooting incident at the intersection of Omuramba and Bosmanadam Road in Montague Gardens yesterday was identified as Shaufik Nassar, an Israeli citizen in his mid-30s.
He was gunned down in a suspected assassination, in which a motorcyclist next to his Mercedes-Benz G-Class, and fired multiple shots causing fatal injuries.
TygerBurger reported yesterday (4 October) that the police, City of Cape Town Traffic and Fire Services and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were on the scene investigating the cause and assisting those injured.
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According to Middle East media reports the death of Nassar, from the Arab town of Tira in central Israel, comes almost a year after his cousin Abdel Fattah Nassar was also shot and killed while visiting Cape Town.
“That incident was at first reported by the family as an automobile related fatality,” one of the media report reads, “but the Foreign Ministry then said he had died in a gun battle. According to reports some members of the extended Nassar family have decamped to South Africa in order to evade violence associated with their involvement in criminal activity. Abdel Fattah Nasser had been arrested several times in Israel on suspicion of violent crimes, including shootings and possession of firearms.”
Police spokesperson Sgt Wesley Twigg confirmed the incident was the subject of an active investigation.
“The circumstances surrounding a shooting incident Wednesday morning at about 08:00 in Bosmansdam Road, Milnerton, where an adult male was shot and fatally wounded are under investigation. According to [a police] report a motorcycle stopped next to the victim and fired several shots at him. The victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The motive for the attack is yet to be established.”
