Durban cops on the hunt for armed suspects after father killed in Umbilo hijacking

A 41-year-old man was killed in a hijacking in Melbourne Road in Umbilo, in Durban, on Monday afternoon. Thabiso Makholo had been with his wife, about to leave work for the day, when they were accosted by hijackers. His wife was unharmed in the attack.Janus Horn of Homeland Security said they were alerted to the hijacking and arrived on scene to find that Makholo had been declared deceased. “It is alleged that three men approached the deceased and he tried to hang onto the vehicle as they drove off, and they shot him,” Horn said. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras that caught…