Six people have been shot dead in two separate incidents in Cape Town, with police launching investigations into both cases.
Western Cape police spokesperson André Traut says officers were first called to Melck Street in Ndabeni, where four people were discovered dead inside an informal dwelling. The motive for the shooting has not yet been established.
In a separate incident, two men were killed and two others wounded in a suspected gang-related shooting near the cemetery in Kensington.
No arrests have been made at this stage.
Traut condemned the violence, saying the South African Police Service in the Western Cape “strongly condemns the senseless violence that claimed four lives in Maitland and two lives in Kensington during two separate shooting incidents in the early hours of this morning.”
He added that detectives are following up on all leads to identify and apprehend those responsible.
“SAPS will not tolerate this level of violence and will pursue the perpetrators relentlessly with the full might of the law until they are brought to justice,” Traut said.