The eThekwini Municipality has condemned the murder of one of its city engineers.
The on-duty employee was shot dead, allegedly by unknown gunmen, in the presence of his colleagues at the wastewater centre on Ottawa's Old Main Road in Durban on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the man's colleagues, about 15 to 20 people were in the building when the shooting occurred.
The deceased was in an office with a female colleague, who noticed two men walking towards them.
One of the suspects knocked on her door, which the victim answered. The gunmen asked for him by name before he was shot.
The suspects then fled onto a railway line through a broken concrete fence at the rear of the property.
-ANA
