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Eastern Cape police are investigating the brutal murder of a nurse who was dragged out of a hospital in Mqanduli and shot dead outside.
The Eastern Cape Health Department said the incident happened on Sunday morning at the Zithulele Hospital when two men arrived shortly after 7 am and inquired about a patient.
Department spokesperson, Yonela Dikeda, said as the nurse was trying to find the patient, the men grabbed her and dragged her out of the building.
She said she was shot twice outside and died on the scene.
Eastern Cape Health MEC, Nomakhosazana Meth condemned the killing, saying the police should leave no stone unturned in the search for her killers.
The motive for the murder is not yet known and the name of the nurse has not yet been released.
