Five people, including two teenagers, were fatally wounded in a shooting in Mbekweni on Monday evening.
According to police spokesperson Colonel Andre Traut, SAPS detectives attached to the Provincial Serious and Violent Crimes Unit are hard at work to probe the circumstances that left five people dead with gunshot wounds.
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‘At around 11:15pm police members responded to a complaint of several gunshots fired at a residence in Chris Hani Street when they discovered the bodies of three male victims, aged 12, 14, and 34 and two female victims aged 32 and 39.’
‘The motive for the multiple murder is yet to be determined and arrests are yet to be affected.’
‘At this stage there is no indication that the incident is linked to the taxi strike in the Province.’
Any person who can shed light on the matter is kindly requested to contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111 or use the mobile application My SAPS anonymously.
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