Western Cape police are probing cases of murder after a former City of Cape Town councillor Loyiso Nkohla, was killed at the Philippi train station on Monday.
PICTURED - LinkdIn: Loyiso NkohlaIt’s been reported that 40-year-old
man Nkohla was addressing a crowd of people occupying the train station when
the shooting occurred on Monday morning.
According to Western Cape
police, two women and another man were wounded in the attack.
“Reports suggested that two
females and one male who also sustained injuries were transported to a nearby
hospital for medical treatment with private transport. The unknown suspects
fled the scene and are yet to be arrested,” says Warrant Officer Joseph
Swaartbooi.
Paramedics declared Nkohla, a
former African National Congress (ANC) councillor, dead on the scene.
Together with Andile Lili,
Nkohla became known as the leader of the ‘poo protest’ when he led a group that
dumped faeces at the Cape Town International Airport over their claim of
unequal service delivery nearly a decade ago.
They were calling for the
eradication of the portable toilet system, better-known among locals as 'pota
potas'.
He, Lili and seven others,
were handed a suspended three-year jail sentence and community service.
Nkohla was also a member of
the Seskhona People's Rights Movement before moving to the Patriotic Alliance
which he also left last year.
Swartbooi said that no arrests
have been made and that the motive for the attack is yet to be determined.
Done By: Mitchum George
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