Cape Town – Businessman Mark Lifman, alleged to be an “underworld kingpin”, was reportedly killed in a shooting at a shopping mall in the Western Cape.
According to The Citizen, Lifman, previously associated with murder, extortion, and money laundering cases, was linked to the death of Brian Wainstein.
Underworld figure, Mark Lifman, has purportedly been killed in the Western Cape.
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Western Cape police confirmed that they responded to a shooting around 11:30 a.m. outside George’s Garden Route Mall, where a 57-year-old man was fatally shot by unidentified attackers who then fled the area, IOL reported.
“The circumstances of the incident is now the subject of a police investigation, and more information cannot be disclosed at this stage,” the report quoted police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut as saying.
Traut said that SAPS has not yet released the victim’s identity.
The incident is currently under investigation.
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