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Kar Hao Teoh, who lived in Bishop's Stortford, was on a two-week "trip of a lifetime" with his mother, wife and two-year-old son when he was fatally shot in front of them

By Gabby Colenso

BBC News, Essex

An NHS surgeon killed in South Africa was directed by police towards the violent protest in which he was shot dead, his family has claimed.

Kar Hao Teoh, 40, was killed in front his wife, mother and young son after a day out whale watching in South Africa.

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, his family claims they were directed towards a minibus strike by police.

The South African Police Service said the family should contact the force if they had any complaints.

Mr Teoh's family claim that after he was shot in the head on 3 August, officers refused to take him to hospital, refused to call an ambulance and stood around chatting as he was dying.

Mr Teoh, an orthopaedic surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital, in Harlow, Essex, died in front of his mother, wife and two-year-old son.

The family told how they were on the two-week "trip of a lifetime" and had enjoyed a "wonderful" day whale watching in Hermanus and seeing penguins at Betty's Bay before he was killed.