Four killed in taxi-related shootings in Cape Town
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Four people were killed and two others injured in two shootings in Maitland and at a taxi rank in Delft, Cape Town. Western Cape police link the attacks to taxi-related violence and are continuing their investigations, with no arrests announced, according to IOL.
Four people were killed and two others injured in two shootings linked to violence in the taxi sector in Cape Town on Thursday 22 October, according to Western Cape police cited by IOL. Two people were shot dead in Maitland shortly after midday and two others at the Palm taxi rank in Delft overnight.
In Maitland, police opened two murder cases and one attempted murder case. No suspects had been arrested and the investigation was continuing. In Delft, two men were killed and another person injured, according to police spokesperson FC van Wyk; investigators also opened two murder cases and one attempted murder case.
The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO), which represents the sector, condemned the violence. Its spokesperson, Makhosandile Tumana, said he was concerned by the shootings. Officials from the CODETA and CATA associations said they were unable to comment on the circumstances of the attacks.
The shootings come six days after two taxi owners were killed in an ambush in Epping on 16 October, according to IOL.
