Western Cape police have launched a manhunt for the unknown gunmen who killed six people in the Enkanini informal settlement in Khayelitsha, on Sunday, 20 March.
According to police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa, reports from the scene indicate that three unknown gunmen fired shots randomly at the victims in the Enkanini informal settlement.
Potelwa said when officers arrived at the scene they found the bodies of the five victims at two scenes, 200m apart. A sixth person reportedly died in hospital.
“The yet-to-be-identified victims, comprising two women and four men, are estimated between the ages of 22 and 27,” Potelwa indicated.
Meanwhile, this is the second mass shooting in Khayelitsha after five people were killed in the Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha on Monday, 14 March, News 24 reports.
Reports at the time indicated that that unknown gunman approached the shacks located at the Monwabisi Park informal settlement in Endlovini, Khayelitsha in the early hours of this morning and fired shots. four men and one woman were declared dead on the scene.
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