At least 11 people were killed in three separate shootings in the Cape Town metropolitan area, South African police said Sunday.
The South African Police Service (SAPS) launched investigations into the shootings in Khayelitsha, Langa and Gugulethu townships. Additional police teams were deployed to the areas where the shootings occurred as well as other locations considered high risk, SAPS said.
Details of the attacks
Three men aged 25, 31 and 35 were shot and killed in an attack in the Lingelethu West area of Khayelitsha, South Africa.
In a second shooting on Winnie Mandela Street in the KwaLanga area of Langa, South Africa, four men and one woman were killed.
A third attack in the Barcelona informal settlement in Gugulethu, South Africa, left two men and one woman dead and two others injured.
Police response and context
Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner Lieut. Gen. Sizakhele Dyantyi said the motive for the attacks had not yet been determined. He urged anyone with information that could assist the investigation to come forward.
Dyantyi announced a reward of 100,000 South African rand ($6,185) for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators, S2 said.
No arrests had been made in connection with the shootings as of the reporting, S2 said.
