Woman shot dead while boyfriend was in bathroom
A Gqeberha man told police he walked out of the bathroom and found his girlfriend's bullet-riddled body lying on the floor.
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Moments after arriving home with her boyfriend on Saturday night, a Gqeberha woman was shot dead.
Ntombizodwa Mhletywa, 29, met her fate when she answered the door after someone knocked.
Her boyfriend claimed to have been inside the bathroom at the time, police said.
Spokeswoman Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg said the incident occurred at about 6.30pm in Mbinza Street, KwaDwesi.
"On [police's] arrival they were informed that the deceased and her boyfriend arrived home," she said.
"While he was inside the bathroom someone came knocking at the security gate and soon thereafter he heard three gunshots and went to investigate.
"He found his girlfriend Ntombizodwa dead due to gunshot wounds."
Janse van Rensburg said a case of murder was under investigation.
"The motive and the suspect are unknown and the investigation is ongoing," she said.
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