Western Cape police are investigating three counts of murder, an attempted murder as well as a rape case, following three separate shooting incidents that occurred in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein in the early hours of Sunday. All three incidents occurred just after 01:00.
PICTURE: PixabayA 35-year-old man was shot and killed in the Mhongqo informal settlement. In another incident, a male victim was shot and wounded.
‘’Meanwhile his female companion was raped between 02:00
and 03:00 about 30 metres from the first scene. At approximately 3:14 two males
estimated between the ages of 25 and 30 were shot and killed not far from the
two previous scenes,’’ said Brigadier Novela Potelwa, Western Cape
police spokesperson.
Police say the motive for these attacks are yet to be
determined.
Meanwhile, a man succumbed to injuries as he arrived at the
Kraaifontein hospital after he was stabbed in the chest in the COVID informal
settlement in Bloekombos, Kraaifontein early on Saturday evening.
‘’This murder has in previous reports been erroneously
recorded as the attempted murder of Sunday morning. The death toll from the
Sunday morning shooting incidents remains at three with an attempted
murder(victim still in hospital) and a
rape registered,’’ said Potelwa.
No arrests have been made as yet. Police say they have
deployed additional officers in the area to quell the violence.
Earlier this week, a 49-year-old suspect appeared in court following
the murder of six people, which include four women and two men. Three double
murders occurred in separate shooting incidents on Tuesday.
Done By: Mitchum George
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