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[FILE IMAGE]: Bullets seen at a crime scene.
The community of the Kanana Informal Settlement in Gugulethu on the Cape Flats is reeling in shock following a mass shooting that has left seven men dead.
The shooting occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Police say the victims, aged between 26 and 30, were socialising in the kitchen when they were ambushed by unknown assailants.
Authorities have expressed concern over the recent spate of mass killings on the Cape Flats.
A total of 13 people have been killed in separate incidents this past week.
Ward 40 councilor, Bongani Ngcombolo, says gun-related incidents, gangs and extortion are rife in the area.
Ngcombolo has called for higher police visibility.
“Because these things are not scarce in the area, people have been shot. You can go up to Europe, across the Ward 40, the crime is very bad and we are living with this fear. Gangsterism and extortion is very high in the area. There is extortion, serious extortion of those who are collecting [money from] Somalians,” he says.
