Local media reported that the shooting was gang-related. PHOTO: REUTERS
Operations at the airport, the second busiest in the country and a tourism hub, were not affected, police spokesperson Vish Naidoo said, adding the motive for the shooting was unknown.
The airport is Africa’s third busiest and handles around 10 million passengers a year, including tourists and businesspeople commuting to the economic hub Johannesburg.
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“A man, about 50 years of age, was shot in a drive-by shooting and in the process a bystander, a 30-year-old man, was also hit,” Naidoo said.
The shooting took place in the early morning in a public area some distance from the airport’s security gates, Naidoo said.
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Flights had not been affected, the airport’s general manager Deon Cloete said in a statement.
“The shooting scene has been cordoned off while investigations continue,” Cloete said.
Local media reported that the shooting was gang-related, but Naidoo could not confirm that was the motive.
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