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Ward councillor murdered in the Eastern Cape

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A ward councillor was shot and killed in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.

"It is alleged that the deceased was on his way home while he was dropping off a passenger near his home from town. An unknown man appeared and fatally shot the deceased," police spokesperson Captain Namhla Mdleleni said in a statement on Saturday. 

The ward councillor, 59, was dead by the time police arrived on the scene. He was the councillor of ward 15 at Rasmeni administrative area in Engcobo.

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