| 2023/10/09 |
Media Statement WESTERN CAPE - Anti-Gang Unit detectives are requesting any person with information regarding a fatal attack on three men in Heinz Park on Sunday afternoon to come forward to assist with a police investigation by calling Crime Stop on 08600 10111. Meanwhile two possible suspects have been taken into custody by Serious and Violent Crime Unit detectives for a triple murder that was perpetrated also in Heinz Park on Saturday evening at 19:10. The suspects aged 29 and 30 are interrogated and once charged, they are expected to make a court appearance in Athlone for the murders of three men aged 29, 37 and 51 who were shot and killed in Cornflower Street. In yesterday’s incident four armed suspects opened fire at the group of three men aged 17, 34 and 41, killing them on the scene at 15:30 in Roos Street. The suspects fled and are yet to be apprehended. The motives for the two triple murders a day apart in the same area are yet to be determined, and the possibility that the two incidents are linked is not excluded.
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