The nature of murders in the Western Cape is currently in the spotlight.
There’s been a spate of killings by minors – and of mass killings.
And both trends continue this week.
A teenage boy has been arrested for allegedly murdering his mother in Nomzamo, Strand.
It’s alleged that the 16 year old stabbed the woman on Monday.
The police’ spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said, “Lwandle police have opened a murder case on Monday, 2023.10.23 morning following the death of a 46-year-old women who was found with a stab wound to the neck in her home situated in Nomzamo. A 16-year-old juvenile was arrested and is due to appear in the Strand Magistrate court soon once he is charged”.
And there’s also been another mass shooting in Cape Town.
Three men were shot and killed in Mfuleni on Tuesday.
A 4th man was wounded in the attack.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said, “Reports from the scene indicate that seven men were inside a shack in Intambane Street, Phola Park, when yet-to-be identified gunmen entered at approximately 23:40 and started shooting at the victims. As a consequence, three victims died on the scene and a fourth one sustained injury. He was taken to a medical facility for treatment.
Three other men who were in the shack escaped injury. The motive for the shooting incident is the subject of the police investigation with detectives hard at work in search of the perpetrators of the shooting. No arrests have been effected yet”.
