NATIONAL NEWS - was meant to be a quiet family dinner turned into a nightmare which left a Nimrod Park man in a critical condition on Monday night.

Braam Koch (59) was airlifted to Milpark Hospital after being shot in the stomach during an apparent botched hijacking.

The latest update on his condition received on Tuesday morning was that the bullet was still lodged in his back. His one kidney, spleen and part of his colon had been removed on Monday night. The bullet will only be removed as soon as doctors can stabilise him.

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Koch and his wife Tertia arrived at their son or daughter’s house on Lechwe Road just before 7pm.

According to Dwaine Hansen of Alpha Security, Koch had just got out of his car while his wife was already at the door of the house when two armed suspects entered the yard.

Footage captured on a neighbours’ security cameras showed the two men outside the home at 18.57pm.

“The one suspect hid behind a tree and signalled for his accomplice as soon as the victim and his wife drove into the yard,” Hansen explained.

“Upon entering the premises, the suspects went directly to the victim and fired a single shot into his stomach. His wife heard the noise and started screaming. The suspect fired a shot at her, missing Tertia, going through the kitchen window.”