Cape Town: Serious Violence Crimes detectives investigating a series of murders that occurred in one evening in October 2022 in Philippi East have charged a 20 year old suspect for five counts of murder. He is appearing in the Athlone Magistrates court this morning.
The investigation into the murders which occurred in three crime scenes that were in the same vicinity and left five people dead, saw the SVC detectives conducting a search and seizure operation at an address in Phillippi East where they confiscated two firearms. The firearms were subsequently sent for ballistics testing.
The suspect is also charged for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Further investigations currently underway are looking into whether the suspect can linked to other murders.