13 people killed in bloody weekend in Stellenbosch, Khayelitsha
Illustration: Western Cape police are investigating two separate shooting incidents in Makhaza and Endlovini, Harare, where six men were killed within hours.
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Western Cape police are investigating a spate of murders in which 13 people were killed in multiple shootings at the weekend.
In two separate shooting incidents in Makhaza and Endlovini, Khayelitsha, where six men were killed hours apart.
In Makhaza on Sunday, at 7.30pm, three men aged 20-24 were shot dead inside an informal dwelling on Khonkxa Street.
Early on Monday, 1:38am, three men in their thirties were shot at a shebeen in Endlovini, and later died in hospital.
Suspects in both incidents fled, and motives are unknown.
“The South African Police Service in the Western Cape is investigating two separate shooting incidents in Makhaza and Endlovini, Harare, in which six men were killed within hours of each other,” said police spokesperson, André Traut.
“SAPS management has assured the affected communities that every available resource will be utilised to trace and apprehend those responsible.
"A team of experienced detectives attached to the Serious and Violent Crimes Unit has been tasked to pursue all available leads and ensure that the perpetrators are brought before court.
"Police deployments and operations have also been increased in the affected areas to stabilise the situation and prevent further violence.”
Anyone with information is requested to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or make use of the MySAPS mobile application anonymously.
In Stellenbosch, provincial serious violent crime detectives have launched a manhunt for suspects believed to be behind several shooting incidents that occurred in Khayamandi on Friday and Saturday.
The five incidents left seven people dead.
SAPS spokesperson Novela Potelwa said official police reports indicate that one incident occurred in Mgabadeli where a 46-year-old man was shot and killed, allegedly by three gunmen who fled, after he returned from work on Friday.
In Thubelisha, two men aged 27 and 32 were also shot by yet-to-be identified gunmen.
In Fire Street, police discovered the bodies of a 27-year-old man and a woman aged 26 in a shack with gunshot wounds.
Police on patrol were flagged down and alerted to another incident in Luyolo Street between the shacks where they discovered the body of a 33-year-old man with gunshot wounds.
In the early hours of Saturday, police were called out to 7th Avenue where the body of a 37-year-old man was also discovered with gunshot wounds.
"The motive for the shooting incidents is the subject of the police investigation currently under way. The detectives are also probing whether the incidents are linked or not. No arrests have been made," said Potelwa.