Western Cape police made a breakthrough after they effected an arrest of a 49-year-old suspect following the murder of six people, which include four women and two men.
Three double murders occurred in separate shooting
incidents on Tuesday.
‘’At about 23:30 two females age 19 and 25 were shot and
fatally wounded and a third 24-year-old victim shot and injured in Molefe
Street, Wallacedene. Police members attended to the crime scene where they
found the victims with gunshot wounds to their bodies. The 19 and 25 year old
victims were declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel while the
24-year-old victim was taken to a medical facility for treatment. In another
incident at about 23:40 in Taleman Street, Wallacedene, two females in their
twenties were shot and fatally wounded. Police members responded to a complaint
of a shooting and upon arrival on the scene they found the victims inside a
bedroom with gunshot wounds to their heads. Both victims were declared deceased
on the scene by medical personnel. The possibility that these incidents is
linked is not ruled out,’’ said Sergeant Wesley Twigg, Western Cape police
spokesperson.
‘’In an unrelated shooting incident on Tuesday, 09
September 2025, at about 21:50, police members responded to a complaint of a
shooting on the corner of 9th Avenue and Verster Street, Eikendal, where they
found the bodies of two victims age 20 and 22 who sustained gunshot wounds.
Both victims were declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The
suspects fled the scene and are yet to be arrested. The motives for these
attacks forms part of the police investigation,’’ he added.
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PICTURE: PixabayBriefing the media on Wednesday, National Police
Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, said the arrest of the 49-year-old
suspect is, for now, linked to the one double murder of the two females.
‘’In terms of linking him to the other scenes, we are still
conducting identity parades with witnesses.’’
Masemola said the firearm that was allegedly used in the
commission of the crime was found hidden in a shop of a foreign national in
this area. Three foreign nationals have also been arrested, one being a shop
owner for being in possession of this illegal firearm as well as ammunition.
‘’The firearm has been taken in for ballistics testing. Our members are still on the ground following
leads, we cannot rule out the possibility of effecting more arrests in this
case,’’ said National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola.
Done by: Mitchum George
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