Western Cape police probe murder of 11 people in Khayelitsha
Acting Western Cape police commissioner Thembisile Patekile has deployed officers to Khayelitsha after 11 people were shot dead in the area.
Police believe the murders were in retaliation to the murder of a man earlier on Saturday.
Police spokesperson Novela Potelwa says the body of the first victim was found in Banzi Street.
“Following the murder of a man in the RR Section in Khayelitsha on Saturday morning in a shooting incident by yet-to-be arrested assailants, several other shooting incidents that left 11 men dead and seven seriously wounded, have been reported in the area on Saturday afternoon.
"The body of the first victim was found in Banzi Street, Site B with several gunshot wounds next to a firearm at 10:00 on Saturday morning. Police also found a substantial amount of cash,” says Potelwa.
She says in a second incident, two Somali nationals were shot on Saturday afternoon.
“One died on the scene and the other was seriously wounded and taken to a medical facility.
“In the RR Section, three other males were shot dead later on Saturday afternoon in an incident believed to linked to the first two.
“Meanwhile, at a spaza shop in Y-Block two other men were killed after being shot, one in the yard and another in a vehicle.”
Two other Somali nationals were shot close to a spaza shop in the area.
“One died on the scene while the other was transported to hospital where he later died,” Potelwa said.
“Additional information has since emerged that two other victims of the shooting incidents who were taken to Tygerberg hospital and the Khayelitsha District hospital later died.”
No arrests have been made.
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