Anti-Gang Unit detectives are probing a murder case after four people were shot dead in Delft, in Cape Town over the weekend.
Police say the incident occurred in Bakkiesblom Crescent in Roosendal on Sunday the 30th of July.
The victims were aged between 20 and 60.
A fifth victim, aged 31 sustained gunshot wounds.
It is believed that a group of five suspects entered the victims’ home and opened fire, before fleeing the scene in an unknown motor vehicle.
Western Cape police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut says they believe the motive for the incident is gang-related, and are pursuing investigations in that direction.
“SAPS Anti-Gang Unit detectives are probing the circumstances that left four men aged 20, 26, 60 and a yet-to-be-determined age with fatal gunshot wounds and a fifth victim aged 31 with injuries last night at around 20:50 in Bakkiesblom Crecent in Roosendal Delft. It is believed that a group of five suspects entered the residence of the victims and opened fire, before fleeing the scene in an unknown motor vehicle. We have reason to believe that the motive for the incident is gang related, and we are pursuing our investigation in that direction. Arrests are yet to be made”.
