British doctor shot infront of family during taxi riot

CAPE TOWN – Kar Hao Teoh (40), was blasted from close range after taking a wrong turn into the rioting town of Nyanga as he drove from Cape Town airport with his wife and two-year-old son last week. Mr Teoh, who was born in Singapore but had British nationality, was one of five who died in violence during a taxi drivers’ strike, which spiralled out of control after local authorities began impounding rioters’ cars.

Community worker Dumisani Qwebe told local reporters how he stumbled upon the horror scene to discover Mr Teoh lying inside his hire car, a bullet lodged in his skull. ‘The doors were wide open so I could see inside. Both the windscreen and driver’s window were shattered by gunshots and the driver was slumped over onto the front passenger seat. Multiple shots had been fired and it looked like one had hit him in the head.’