In what appears to be a targeted assassination, well-known insolvency attorney Bouwer van Niekerk was gunned down on Friday morning in the boardroom at his SmitSew law office in Saxonwold, Johannesburg.
Moneyweb understands Van Niekerk received multiple death threats warning him to step away from a case he was working on involving a suspected Ponzi scheme. According to News24, the killers arranged a meeting at his office to discuss a legal matter. According to a source familiar with the matter, Van Niekerk entered the boardroom and was promptly shot twice in the head. Police are on the hunt for four suspects.
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