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Tout stabbed to death over $1 'touting fees'
19 Mar 2013 at 05:38hrs | Views
A TOUT at an illegal commuter omnibus rank along Sixth Avenue Extension near the Basch Street Terminus in Bulawayo was on Sunday fatally stabbed by a driver of a commuter omnibus in a fight over $1 "touting fees".
When the NewsDay crew arrived at the scene at about 4:30pm the same day, police had just put the body of the deceased - a male adult - into a coffin.
There was a pool of blood on the road.
Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered at the scene following the incident.
Witnesses said the tout was stabbed with a knife by a colleague during a fight over $1 for helping to find customers for the commuter omnibus driver.
The assailant is said to have driven off at high speed after the incident.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Mandlenkosi Moyo yesterday confirmed the incident and said the suspected murderer was still at large.
"A manhunt has been launch for the man who drove off at a very high speed," he said.
Moyo could not shed more light on the incident.
Over the past few weeks police had intensified an operation to force people to board commuter omnibuses at Basch Street, popularly known as Egodini terminus instead of the illegal Sixth Avenue Extension pick-up point.
Commuters arrested boarding at the illegal point are made to pay $5 per person as fine.
When the NewsDay crew arrived at the scene at about 4:30pm the same day, police had just put the body of the deceased - a male adult - into a coffin.
There was a pool of blood on the road.
Police dispersed the crowd that had gathered at the scene following the incident.
Witnesses said the tout was stabbed with a knife by a colleague during a fight over $1 for helping to find customers for the commuter omnibus driver.
The assailant is said to have driven off at high speed after the incident.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Mandlenkosi Moyo yesterday confirmed the incident and said the suspected murderer was still at large.
"A manhunt has been launch for the man who drove off at a very high speed," he said.
Moyo could not shed more light on the incident.
Over the past few weeks police had intensified an operation to force people to board commuter omnibuses at Basch Street, popularly known as Egodini terminus instead of the illegal Sixth Avenue Extension pick-up point.
Commuters arrested boarding at the illegal point are made to pay $5 per person as fine.
Source - newsday
