PORT ELIZABETH - DAD FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER LOSING DAUGHTER IN APPARENT GANG RELATED SHOOTING

A promising young schoolgirl, murdered in cold blood in her home, is the latest victim in suspected witness killings linked to ongoing gang violence in Port Elizabeth.

Twelve-year-old Aliya “Angel” Tee, a star Grade 7 pupil and prefect at Strelitzia Primary School, was killed late on Tuesday night in yet another brutal gang-related crime which has rocked and angered the community.

Her father, Edmund, 43, who desperately tried to fend off the attackers, is fighting for his life in Livingstone Hospital after being shot.

Four gunmen posing as police officials forced open the back door of the Barberry Street house in Bethelsdorp, which is directly across the road from where notorious gangster Donovan “Staal” Berry, 47, was gunned down on the pavement last month.

Berry was shot 31 times in the face and upper body just after 9am on May 3. Several residents in the street said Aliya’s mother had witnessed Berry’s murder.

Police sources said Aliya appeared to have been shot in the face by mistake as the gunmen aimed for her mother.

Police spokesman Colonel Priscilla Naidu said the case had been handed over to the gang unit for investigation.

VIA - timeslive.co.za