Anele Sotshisa was shot and killed while on duty at a mine in the West Rand, Johannesburg. (Supplied)
The body of
a security guard was found at a gold mine near Randfontein, west of
Johannesburg, on Thursday morning.
46-year-old
Anele Sotshisa, who was on the night shift with two colleagues, was killed when
gunmen opened fire on them on Wednesday night.
Police
spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said the surviving security
guards had told them that they had scattered in different directions and had
not immediately realised that their colleague had been shot.
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