South African Corruption Investigator Cloete Murray And His Son Thomas Shot Dead

South African corruption investigator, Cloete Murray, who was responsible for solving high-level corruption cases, was shot on Saturday along with his 28-year-old son, Thomas.

The 50-year-old investigator was attacked while he was in his car and traveling on the N1 north located near New Road off-ramp around 2:45 p.m. Murray and his son were shot by unidentified gunmen.

Thomas died on the scene after sustaining multiple gunshot injuries while Murray was rushed to the hospital, where he died on Sunday morning.

South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello confirmed the same and said, "The son was fatally shot, while the father sustained injuries and was taken to the hospital. The second victim in yesterday's shooting at Midrand, unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries earlier this morning. The police will now be investigating two counts of murder," IOL reported.

Sello further requested that anyone with any information regarding this incident should contact the Crime Stop Line at 08600 10111.

"The circumstances that led to the shooting are unknown at this stage," the spokesperson said. "Police request anyone who may have information that can assist with the investigation to contact the crime stop line."

Sello also suggested that the individual can anonymously report or give any tip on the MySaps application by using any smartphone.

Crime activist Yusuf Abramjee shared that Murray was shot twice in his head and noted the number of high-profile cases he was handling.

"While they were driving, gunmen came alongside their car and opened fire; the vehicle pulled off to the side. The son was on the passenger seat; he died immediately," Abramjee told the outlet. "Murray was shot in the head twice. Murray was involved in a number of high-profile liquidations, including those of Bosasa, a number of Gupta companies, and other cases."

Abramjee noted that the plan was just to assassinate Murray but unfortunately his son also got shot.

"It appears that this incident was a hit to assassinate him, and in the mix of it all, his son got shot dead in broad daylight on South Africa's busiest freeway," the crime activist said.

Nine bullets, blood, and shattered glass were found inside the car, in which Murray and his son were shot dead, according to News24.

Murray was one of the founding directors of Sechaba Trust, where his son worked as a legal advisor. Murray was working as one of the liquidators of African Global Operations, formerly known as Bosasa.

According to multiple reports, Bosasa bribed various politicians and government officials to get contracts from 2009 to 2018 during former president, Jacob Zuma's term.

While Zuma denied being involved in any corruption and refused to cooperate with the inquiry, the current president Cyril Ramaphosa said in 2018 that he would send back a donation of $35,000 received from Bosasa.

Bosasa was also working as a liquidator with multiple companies that were linked to the Gupta brothers, who were arrested last year in the United Arab Emirates. The Gupta brothers have been accused of bribing South African government departments in order to win contracts.