Durban – A North Coast couple were killed when five robbers – with AK-47s and wearing police caps and bulletproof vests – opened fire on their bakkie as they tried to flee the scene of a pension payout heist. Nishen Maharaj, 45, was dropping off his wife, Maureen, at work at the Saverite Supermarket, in Isnembe, near oThongathi (Tongaat), when he saw the robbery in progress.
He tried to reverse away at high speed, but the robbers opened fire on his bakkie with AK-47s.
Maureen was killed instantly. Her husband turned the bakkie, but its tyre was shot, causing him to crash into a banana plantation.
Nishen, who worked for a shipping company, died en route to hospital.
