US Man Shot And Robbed After Car GPS Routed Him To Dangerous South African Town
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Walter Fischel, from Connecticut in the United States, was shot in the face the same day he landed at Cape Town International Airport in South Africa earlier this month.
A 55-year-old American tourist has spoken out about his nightmare vacation that left him in hospital after being robbed and shot in the face at one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in the world. According to The Sun, Walter Fischel, from Connecticut in the United States, was shot in the face the same day he landed at Cape Town International Airport in South Africa earlier this month. The 55-year-old was still recovering from surgery when he gave the harrowing account of his near-death experience while vacationing in South Africa.
Mr Fischel had landed in Cape Town on November 3 to visit his friends, the outlet reported. He rented a car soon and exchanged money at the airport before heading to his accommodation in Simon's Town. The 55-year-old entered his destination in the GPS and picked the shortest route. However, he wasn't aware that the route would take him through Nyanga, a neighbourhood considered to be one of the most dangerous places in the world.
"I was coming to Simons Town to visit, and then go to Hermanus, and hang out in Hermanus for six or seven days and then return back to the United States," Mr Fischel told News24. "(I) picked the route - the shortest distance - which was not the highway, because the highway apparently had traffic," he said.
