Suspected Swazi smuggler shot dead

A man suspected of cigarette smuggling has been shot dead by soldiers near Lugongolweni, not far from the town of Siteki, Swaziland, according to a story in The Times of Swaziland.

The man, a Swazi, in the company of two other men, had allegedly crossed illegally from Mozambique with cigarettes in their car.

He was said to have been shot during a scuffle that ensued after the men had been ordered to stop by an army patrol that had followed their vehicle from a checkpoint that the men had successfully negotiated a few minutes earlier.

The other two men were said to have escaped into the bush.