The household of Sowetan extinct photographer Veli Nhlapo is still shaken and disturbed after unknown gunmen fired 18 shots at the vehicle wherein they had been travelling.
Nhlapo, 61, turn out to be as soon as driving from Soweto with his household to his dwelling in Roodepoort, on Saturday after they had been all straight away shot at by occupants of a SUV about three streets from their dwelling. Nhlapo turn out to be as soon as with his daughter, 39, granddaughter, 14, and grandson, 5, in his vehicle.
“We had been coming from Mofolo South where I had gone to desire up the kids. As we had been driving, I honest started hearing gunshots and realised that we had been being shot at. I did no longer know where the shots had been coming from. I did no longer even peek the vehicle where the shots had been coming from,” talked about Nhlapo.
His granddaughter turn out to be as soon as seated within the front seat whereas his daughter turn out to be as soon as within the help with his grandson.
“I turn out to be as soon as taking into consideration, ‘we’re stupid.’ I enact no longer know why they had been taking pictures at us,” talked about Nhlapo.
The SUV overtook them earlier than stopping in front of his vehicle. “I stopped my vehicle. Two men came out of the SUV carrying guns. I remained calm and honest waited to peek what would happen next. I had already surrendered with my fingers raised whereas seated within the vehicle. They requested me if I had a gun. I told them I enact no longer safe one. They searched me and then left. They did no longer desire one thing else from us,” talked about Nhlapo.
Roodepoort police location commander Brig Irene Sekwakwa talked about the motive for the taking pictures turn out to be as soon as unknown and that no-one sustained any injuries.
“At the corner of Vryborger and Oranje streets, the victim turn out to be as soon as driving in direction of his dwelling… They heard gunshots from round his vehicle. He stopped his vehicle and noticed a white SUV, registration number unknown. Two unknown African males alighted from the left-hand facet and walked in direction of his vehicle carrying rifles, and had stopped taking pictures.
“The suspects requested the driving force if he had a firearm and they searched him and took nothing, and they left,” talked about Sekwakwa.
About 14 cartridges had been learned on the scene and 18 bullet holes had been learned on the vehicle
Nhlapo talked about he turn out to be as soon as struggling to sleep at evening attributable to the trauma.
“My granddaughter is struggling too. I took her to faculty nowadays [Monday] and the college talked about this could occasionally presumably presumably earn its social workers to evaluate her. I did no longer desire my grandson to the crèche because of I want to peek how he is coping. Presently, he is okay and playing all over the home. My daughter is still disturbed. Every time she hears a sound, she panics,” he talked about.
Police are investigating an tried murder case. There were no arrests yet.