The Cape Flats Safety Forum wants Western Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile to hang up his hat after he claimed that there were “not much” shootings in Mitchell’s Plain last week, despite ten fatalities and seven attempted murders.
PICTURE: PixabayThe latest incident occurred on Wednesday morning, where a
36-year-old man was shot and fatally wounded.
‘’The circumstances surrounding a shooting incident… at
about 11:10, in Samantha Street, Montrose Park, are under investigation.
Police members attended to the crime scene where they found the victim
with a gunshot wound to his head. The victim was declared deceased on the scene
by medical personnel. The motive for the
attack is believed to be gang related.
The suspect/s fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.,’’ said Sergeant
Wesley Twigg, Western Cape police spokesperson.
Hours prior, a double murder was reported near the
Lentegeur Railway station.
‘’Lentegeur SAPS registered two counts of murder after
members responded to a shooting at about 00:15 on Wednesday, 03 September 2025
near the Lentegeur Railway station in Firethorn Street, Lentegeur. Upon the
member’s arrival, they discovered the bodies of an unknown adult male and a
female who both had succumbed to bullet wounds to the head. They were declared
as deceased by medical personnel on scene. The suspects are yet to be arrested,’’
said
Lieutenant
Colonel Malcolm Pojie, Western Cape police spokesperson.
Anyone with information to please contact Crime Stop at
08600 10111 or via the MySAPS mobile application anonymously.
Done By: Mitchum George
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