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Four killed and child wounded in Cape Town shooting

By , based on TimesLIVE and SABC News

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Four men were killed and a man and a seven-year-old child wounded in a shooting at the Bellville taxi terminal in Cape Town. Four armed men opened fire on Saturday evening, while police are pursuing suspects and investigating murder and attempted murder, according to TimesLIVE.

The victims were around 21:00 in the section reserved for long-distance services at the terminal when four armed men, who arrived in two vehicles, opened fire. Investigators from the Provincial Taxi Violence Unit are pursuing the suspects.

Police seized a firearm linked to a taxi driver. No arrests had been made and the investigation was continuing, while Bellville police had opened cases of murder and attempted murder.

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