Police are investigating a case of murder (five counts), following another mass shooting in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday evening.
The SAPS recovered five bodies at Chris Hani informal settlement in New Brighton, Gqeberha. In a statement, police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli said five men were found in a shack with gunshot wounds inside a shack.
“It is alleged that at about 21:30, SAPS New Brighton were summoned to a complaint of shooting at a shack in Chris Hani informal settlement, New Brighton. On police arrival at the scene, they found the bodies of five men with multiple gunshot wounds. The circumstances surrounding the incident are forming part of the investigation,” he said.
Five shot dead in another Eastern Cape mass shooting
Nkohli said the names of the deceased are withheld until a formal identification process was concluded.
“Earlier today at about 11:45, a team comprising of members from #SAPS detectives, crime intelligence, specialised units and visible policing operationalised leads and managed to locate the suspect at a house in Tsewu Street, New Brighton,” he added.
‘It is further alleged that as operational members were tactically entering the house, a man (suspect), who was in possession of a firearm was about to shoot, and members opened fire.”
Nkohli said the suspect sustained gunshot wounds in the upper body, and was declared dead at the scene. Police also seized a Glock firearm with ammunition
In the past few weeks, there has been a massive spike in mass shootings in the Eastern Cape. In Lusikisiki, 18 people and five others were injured after the shooting occurred on 28 September 2024.
The two suspects arrested in connection with the massacre appeared and made their first appearance at the Flagstaff Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Two weeks ago, six other people were gunned down and four others were injured in another mass shooting Qumbu, near Mthatha. The Eastern Cape massacre has sparked urgent calls for action on gun violence in the province.
The government has urged the public to refrain from taking the law into their own hands and to allow law-enforcement agencies to handle the situation.
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