It was another bloody weekend on the Cape Flats.
Fatal shootings were reported in Vrygrond and
Overcome Heights that claimed the lives of three people, including a child, and
left others injured.
A taxi driver was shot and killed on Drury Road
in Vrygrond and another in Retreat. At the Vrygrond taxi rank, a 16-year-old
was shot and killed, while in Overcome Heights, a Retreat taxi driver was
killed during a shooting that also injured a four-year-old child.
PICTURE: PixabayMeanwhile, five men were shot and killed in
Mfuleni on Sunday afternoon.
‘’Information gathered from the scene indicates
that Mfuleni police were called out to the Madikizela informal settlement at
approximately 13:30 and upon arrival they found the bodies of five men with
gunshot wounds between the ages of 19 and 30 in a shack on the corner of Polisa
and Deputy Streets,’’ said Brigadier Novela Potelwa, Western Cape police
spokesperson.
She said that the motive for the shooting is unknown
at this stage and that no arrests have made. Mfuleni police have opened murder
cases.
Done By: Mitchum George
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