Teacher shot dead in robbery

Limpopo police have arrested a 33-year-old man after a customer was shot dead during a robbery at a car dealership in Polokwane.

The business robbery on Monday afternoon ended in the murder of a 57-year-old teacher.

The victim has been identified as Muofhe Levwimbe, a teacher from the Vhembe district.

Levwimbe had taken his car to the dealership in Westenburg in Polokwane for a service.

While he was at the BMW dealership, another man posing as a customer “pulled out a firearm and demanded car keys from the manager”, said police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo.

Mojapelo said:

The gunman fled the scene in a stolen BMW. He was later found inside the stolen vehicle, parked near Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.

Two firearms were found in the vehicle, said Mojapelo.

The man is expected to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court soon on charges of murder, business robbery, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.

“The police investigations are ongoing,” said Mojapelo.

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