Two security guards killed in Samora Machel; Mob justice in Woodlands
Two security officials were shot and killed near Samora Machel, on Monday afternoon
The police’s Malcolm Pojie says that the two security
guards who were in their late twenties, early thirties, were accosted by three
unknown suspects while they were seated in the vehicle along Jakes Gerwel
Drive.
‘’A confrontation occurred upon which the suspects
allegedly took out firearms and shot both security officials who sustained
fatal wounds to the head. Both were declared dead on the scene by medical
personnel who attended to the scene,’’ said Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie.
Samora Machel SAPS opened a double murder docket for
further investigation. Anyone with information to contact Crime Stop at 08600
10111.
Meanwhile, Lentegeur police are investigating a case of
murder, after a man was fatally injured during an alleged mob attack in
Woodlands, Mitchell’s Plain, on Saturday.
‘’Lentegeur police are investigating the circumstances
surrounding an incident in Perseus Street… Police members attended the crime
scene where they found the victim with multiple injuries to his body. The
victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel,’’ said Sergeant
Wesley Twigg.
Police did not confirm the motive for the attack, but it is
believed to be gang-related, as the man is alleged to be behind a gang-related
shooting in the area. A video has since been circulating on social media.
200 murders on the Cape Flats in the past 3 weeks. You want me to worry about Palestine whilst my people are dying like flies, more than Palestinians. Don’t vote for me but I will stand up for the genocide against Coloured & Black people in WC. pic.twitter.com/wmO2WPIC12
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