Well-known civil engineer executed by black gang

Three black armed men shot and killed a well-known civil engineer in Gauteng, who had worked on Sandton City and the Michelangelo Towers.

The three men apparently gained access to the couple's property through shrubbery, part of which borders the Union Buildings.

"The three men then presumably gained access to the house through a bathroom window. They switched on the lights in the house, which woke the elderly couple,"

The men, who were armed with pistols, then entered the bedroom.

"My husband sat up with a fright " the woman said.

"The next moment one of them lifted his pistol.

"My husband shouted, 'No!' and then the robber shot him on the left side of his chest. It's terrible. He shot him before they said or asked anything."

The robbers then asked the elderly woman from Riviera in Pretoria where she and her husband kept their money, laptops and jewellery.

The robbers took all the 65 year old woman's rings off her fingers, tied her up with rope and fled on foot about 45 minutes later, taking a TV set and more jewellery.

The police are investigating a case of housebreaking and murder. No one has been arrested.