Two men were shot and killed in their home in Sarepta in Kuils River, by assailants who burst in through the back door.
|||Cape Town - Two men were shot and killed in their home in Sarepta in Kuils River on Wednesday night, by assailants who burst in through the back door.
One of the victims’ assailants was reportedly shot and wounded.
Neighbours in Grove Street, near Kuils River Station, said that several shots rang out shortly after 10pm on Wednesday night.
They identified the dead men as Donovan Booysen and Morne Francis. Booysen was killed by a single shot to the head, while Francis sustained four gunshot wounds to his body, neighbours said.
One neighbour, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said one of the shooters was shot in the attack.
“We can’t confirm this, but I understand that he was taken to Tygerberg Hospital where he died,” said the neighbour.
A hospital spokesman confirmed that a man who had been shot and wounded was brought to the hospital early on Thursday morning.
Police forensic investigators were on the scene of the shooting until they removed the bodies shortly before 4am.
Donovan Booysen shared the house with his mother, Beatrice Booysen.
Throughout the morning a stream of family members and friends visited the house.
A neighbour said the murders were a shock. “This is a quiet neighbourhood. Here we don’t have the same sort of problems with gangsterism, drugs and crime that one reads about in the papers,” he said.
The cluster chairman of the Community Police Forum of Kuilsrivier, Mfuleni and Kleinvlei, Julian Unthank, said the shooting was of great concern.
“We cannot confirm it is gang related. It is the first time this kind of thing has happened here. We’ve had shootings in Kleinvlei and Delft, but not here, so it is a big worry.
“I want the public to come forward with information if they have any and I believe it is time for the community to get together now and talk about this so we can stop it before we lose control of the situation.
“I hope from the bottom of my heart that it is not gang-related,” said Unthank.
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Cape Argus