Organised Crime detectives probe murder of five men in Gugulethu

Provincial Organised Crime detectives have initiated a murder investigation following an incident where five individuals were shot and killed by yet-to-be identified gunmen on Monday evening in Gugulethu. Local police were called out on Monday evening to Fenqe Street in KTC. Upon arrival they discovered the bodies of five men with gunshot wounds inside two vehicles.

Reports at the disposal of police indicate that the victims were sitting inside two vehicles when another vehicle with armed men emerged and shots were fired at the occupants of the two vehicles. Five men between the ages of 46 and 52 were subsequently killed.

The motive for the shooting incident is the subject of the police investigation that has been initiated with no arrests effected as yet.

Source: South African Police Service