Western Cape Police have arrested 11 suspects after a series of shootings in Khayelitsha over the weekend, which left 13 people dead

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17 May 2021

A task team comprising intelligence officials and organised crime detectives pounced on the suspects at a hotel in Sea Point in the early hours of this morning. Nine people were shot and killed at different locations in Site B, Khayelitsha on Saturday. Four others succumbed to injuries sustained from the shooting incidents in hospital and five were seriously wounded.

Liesl Smit

Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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