Western Cape police launched a manhunt after a mass shooting in Mfuleni

Western Cape police have launched an investigation into the murder of three men and an attempted murder on another man in Mfuleni on Tuesday evening.

Reports from the scene indicate seven men were in a shack in ntambane Street, Phola Park, when unknown gunmen entered and started shooting at the victims.  As a result, three victims died on the scene and a fourth one sustained injury. He was taken to a medical facility for treatment.

Three other men who were in the shack escaped injury. The motive for the shooting is still unknown, and arrests have been made yet.

This shooting is the latest in a number of mass killings reported in October in Mfuleni, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha.

Done by Esona Mfazwe