POLICE have confirmed reports that Shaheed Omar, the nephew of struggle stalwart Dullah Omar has been shot dead.
Police Captain FC van Wyk confirmed that a 38-year-old man was fatally shot on the corner of Lansdowne and Jan Smuts Roads in Lansdowne on Thursday night at about 20:30.
"We are investigating a case of murder," Van Wyk told News24.
Tweets from Yusuf Abramjee indicated that Omar was shot dead in an attempted hijacking in Lansdowne, a suburb of Cape Town.
"That's all the information I have, but I'm updating my Twitter feed," Abramjee told News24 when called on Friday morning.
Julian Jansen, investigative journalist for Rapport, also tweeted that Omar was shot dead, posting images of police and a vehicle on his feed.
On August 4, the family released a statement saying that Omar, the first minister of justice in a democratic South Africa, "was a man of integrity, honesty and humility.
"No inducement of position, power or personal enrichment was powerful enough to change him.
"This contrasts sharply with the behaviour and actions in recent years of many ANC leaders and members, up to and including President Jacob Zuma."
The statement was in response to the ANC's march in defence of President Jacob Zuma.
@MoLesetja Dullah Omar(RIP-PBH)was not a corrupt cadre and corruption must not be allowed to praise non corrupt cadre even in their grave. https://t.co/gXD5KSALHE
— Prince-Kholokwe (@PKholokwe) August 11, 2017
The nephew of the late former justice minister Dullah Omar, Shaheed Omar, was killed in an apparent hijacking in Cape Town last night.
— NewsFlash NewsAgency (@NewsFlash_SA) August 11, 2017
So Dullah Omar's nephew was hijacked and murdered a week after The Omar family distanced themselves from the ANC...coincidence? You decide..
— Bilal ?????? (@billz_25) August 11, 2017
Dullah Omar's nephew killed in an attempted hijack. How long are you gonna wait before you take all the guns from these criminals?
— Noxman (@Phenom4Eva) August 11, 2017
