A British man is among five people who have been shot dead in violent protests in South Africa.
The 40-year-old, reportedly a doctor who was on holiday in the country with two members of his family, was killed in the Ntlangano Crescent area of Cape Town last Thursday, officials said.
It is believed he had taken a wrong turn from the nearby Cape Town International Airport while driving with two other people when a group approached the vehicle and shot him.
Unrest on the outskirts of South Africa’s second-largest city began after minibus taxi drivers announced a week-long strike.
The taxis’ national union, which is angry at what it calls heavy-handed tactics by police and city authorities in impounding vehicles, said its members are not instigating violence.
Five separate murders have been recorded during the protests, which have included stone-throwing, road blockades, looting, arson and public violence, the South African Police Service said.
They said the victim was driving from the airport when “he apparently took a wrong turn off and headed towards Nyanga. In Ntlangano Crescent a number of suspects approached his vehicle, shot and killed him.”
No arrests have been made.
The Foreign Office advised Britons to be on alert while travelling in the country.
