Bloody Youth Day weekend in Cape Town: Two mass shootings, 4 dead
Two mass shootings took place at the long weekend.
It was a bloody long weekend in Cape Town as police investigated two separate shootings that left four people dead and five others injured.
As South Africa commemorated Youth Day on Monday, June 16, gunshots rang out in the Siyajlala informal settlement in Nyanga at 5 pm.
Western Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Wesley Twigg, confirmed the mass shooting.
'A 47-year-old man was shot and fatally wounded. Four others, between 30 and 40, were wounded and are under investigation.
"Police members responded to a complaint of a shooting, and upon arrival on the scene, they found the victims with gunshot wounds to their bodies. The 47-year-old victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel, while the other victims were taken to a medical facility for medical treatment,' Twigg said.
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