Cape Town shootings leave eight dead and five wounded in three neighbourhoods
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
At least eight people were killed and five wounded in separate shootings in Cape Town this weekend, including a triple murder in Grassy Park and a shooting at the Bellville taxi rank. The incidents, which occurred between 6 and 8 November, are under murder investigations, according to the Western Cape police cited by IOL.
Eight people were killed and five wounded in several shootings in Cape Town between Friday 6 and Sunday 8 November, according to IOL, which cites Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Frederick van Wyk. Murder and attempted murder investigations have been opened.
In Strandfontein, a 31-year-old man was shot dead on Friday at around 5.30pm in St Helena Close, and two other people were wounded. Security camera footage shows a silver Volkswagen Golf 5 stopping outside a property, before two armed men got out and opened fire. Strandfontein police are investigating one murder and two attempted murders.
The Grassy Park shooting on Sunday at around 8.15pm left three dead and one wounded. According to police, four men aged between 22 and 39 were sitting outside a property when a white Toyota Tazz stopped and its occupants fired before fleeing. The gang unit is leading the investigation. The motive has not been established.
IOL also reports that a mass shooting at the Bellville taxi rank wounded a seven-year-old child.
