Three Somali nationals shot and killed in Khayelitsha
CAPE TOWN – Three Somali nationals have been shot and killed in Khayelitsha, Cape Town in separate incidents on Thursday night.
The three separate incidents happened minutes apart in Site C Police said. They say they cannot rule out the possibility of the three events being linked.
“The first one [incident] occurred at 9:45pm - a 27-year-old man was shot and killed outside his business while he was locking his shop,” said Western Cape Police Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andre Trout.
“Shortly after that, five minutes later at a separate location, a 22-year-old man was shot and killed inside his shop and around the same time, a 28-year-old national was killed in Solomon Tshuku Street, also in Site C,” Trout said.
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Police said nothing was taken from the men’s shops and the motive for the killings is unknown.
“The circumstances surrounding these cases are currently under investigation and we make an appeal to anyone with information to contact Crime Stop.”
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