Legal Aid reels with shock as colleague is gunned down by her ex-boyfriend

Legal Aid SA has condemned the scourge of gender violence after the death of an employee at the hands of her former boyfriend.An East London woman was shot dead on Thursday evening by an ex-boyfriend who then turned the gun on himself, her employer Legal Aid SA said on Friday.

"Statistics show that three women die at the hands of their intimate partner every day in SA. This is unacceptable. We are offering our support to the family of our dear colleague, and will fiercely honour her memory through our continued work to eradicate gender-based violence from our daily lives," he vowed.

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