2 Santaco taxi drivers shot dead in Pretoria

The motive behind the attack was not yet known but Santaco said that it was looking into suspicions that it was related to ongoing taxi violence

The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) on Thursday morning confirmed that two of its members were shot dead in Marabastad, Pretoria. Although, the details surrounding the shooting are still sketchy, but police are on the scene.

#TaxiShooting SANTACO national spokesperson Thabiso Molelekwa says all four taxi drivers were sitting in one vehicle in Marabastad -waiting for their day to start when someone opened fire on them in the early hours of the morning.

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#TaxiShooting Details are still sketchy but SANTACO says they will be investigating the circumstances around the shooting. Molelekwa says SANTACO is still looking into suspicions that its related to ongoing taxi violence.

— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) July 23, 2020

Spokesperson Thabiso Molelekwa said: "We don't know the motive behind the shooting but it's believed that the matter relates to past incidents. There are people on the ground trying to determine the root cause and how this led to the shooting."