City offers R100,000 reward for Mitchells Plain shooters
Ten people were shot — three fatally — by unknown gunmen in three separate incidents in Beacon Valley on Thursday. Two more people died in shooting incidents in Tafelsig and Town Centre.
' The shootings in Mitchells Plain are a direct threat to the safety and wellbeing of our communities,' said acting mayor Eddie Andrews.
'This level of violence will not be tolerated — not in Mitchells Plain and not anywhere in our city. Every resident has the right to feel safe in their neighbourhood and we will act decisively to protect that right.'
He said the city was offering a R100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the shooters.
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