An inquest into the death of hospital consultant Kar Hao Teoh is opened and adjourned.
Authorities in Cape Town said Mr Teoh accidentally drove into the path of people caught up in an ongoing taxi protestA British surgeon was shot dead in South Africa while on holiday with his family, an inquest has heard.
Kar Hao Teoh, 40, a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, was killed in Cape Town on 4 August.An inquest at the Essex Coroner's Court has been opened and adjourned. Police in Cape Town are treating his death as murder but said no-one had been arrested in connection with his death.Mr Teoh was a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital
Area Coroner Michelle Brown told the inquest: "An unknown person approached the car and discharged a firearm hitting him in the head."The body of Mr Teoh, who lived in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, has been repatriated. A full inquest hearing will take place after all the available evidence has been shared from Cape Town, the coroner said.
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