A 61-year-old man was shot dead at the Nyanga taxi rank on the Cape Flats on Wednesday night.
Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the motive for the killing is believed to be gang-related.
He says no arrests have been made.
According to reports, police members were busy with patrols when they heard gunshots going off. The members drove in the direction of the taxi rank, where they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.
The victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The suspects fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.
The motive for the attack is believed to be gang-related. A murder case has been registered for further investigation.
Kraaifontein mob justice attack
Meanwhile, three men accused of criminal activity have been killed and set alight by community members of Wallacedene in Kraaifontein in Cape Town on Wednesday night.
Police spokesperson Andre Traut says the community killed the three victims, believed to be in their thirties.
Traut says communities should refrain from taking the law into their own hands. “Police were alerted to the incident in Laboheme Street, Wallacedene, where the bodies of the victims were discovered. Preliminary information suggests that the victims were accused by community members of criminal activity. Instead of allowing the law to take its course, they were violently attacked. The South African Police Service condemns vigilantism in the strongest possible terms. Taking the law into one’s own hands is a criminal offence, and those who participate in such acts will be prosecuted.”
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