VIDEO: 21-year-old man who passed Matric killed in Maotana

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that 21-year-old man who passed Matric killed in Maotana.

JUST IN: Man Killed In Graveyard

A 21 year old man was shot and killed in a graveyard in Amoutana – KZN yesterday (Thursday). READ MORE HERE

The community contacted Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) at approximately 17:59 requesting urgent medical assistance. Reaction Officers & RUSA Paramedics were immediately dispatched.

On arrival, the lifeless body of a male was located in a prone position in a graveyard. He was shot multiple times in the head and once on his right hand.

A witness informed Reaction Officers that the deceased had completed his Matric at a school in the Eastern Cape last year (2024).

He arrived in Amoutana – KZN on Monday (20/01/2025) to visit family. He was seated with two (2) males at a tuck shop this afternoon when one (1) of them produced a firearm and fired multiple shots at the victim. He fled into the graveyard in an attempt to escape, but the males pursued and continued firing shots in his direction.

The critically injured man collapsed due to his injuries. The suspects thereafter fled in an unknown direction. Ten (10) spent 9mm cartridges were recovered in the vicinity of the tuck shop.

The deceased’s elder brother was also fatally injured in a shooting incident in Amoutana – KZN in 2024.

Information reads: “Ingane ekade iphasa u Matric last week e Eastern Cape…isukile e Eastern Monday seyizozama impilo encono eThekwini….ibe seyiyohlala eNanda…iqeda kubulawa manje nje laphaya e Maotana eNanda.”