Home

Western Cape police initiate 72-hour plan to locate gunmen who killed five people

Reading Time: < 1 minute

Police in the Western Cape have initiated a 72-hour plan to search for the gunmen responsible for the killing of five people in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats.

A woman and four men were gunned down on Monday morning in Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha.

Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa, says the motive for the killings is unknown.

Potelwa says, “Organised Crime detectives are investigating an incident where four men and a woman were shot and killed. Reports indicate that the victims, between the ages of 25 and 35, were in different shacks when they were killed. Police arrived on the scene and found the four men in one shack. The woman’s body was discovered in a shack 400 metres from the other scene. Western Cape Police have initiated a 72-hour activation plan in search of the suspects.”

Author

MOST READ