Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- A Bangladeshi national has been killed by criminals in South Africa's Johannesburg, according to his cousin.

The dead man has been identified as Nurul Huda Liton, 34, from Jagatpur village in Feni's Daganbhuiyan Upazila.

Liton was shot dead next to his shop in Johannesburg's Hillbrow on Friday night, his cousin Monir Hossain Sobuj said.

Liton is the eldest among three sons and three daughters of Ebadul Haque, a retired employee of Feni Polytechnical Institute. One of Liton's brothers is also a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia.

Litton moved to South Africa in 2007. Later he also took his younger brother Mithu, who was identified with a single name, there they used to run two shops.

On Friday night, when Liton was headi...