A security guard was shot dead and another wounded during a shoot-out after they delivered tobacco products to a cafe in Philippi.
|||Cape Town - A security guard was shot dead and another wounded during a shoot-out after they delivered tobacco products to a corner cafe in Philippi East.
The guards, driving in separate vehicles, were attacked on the corner of Acacia and Sunset streets in Acacia Park at about 9am on Monday.
They were ambushed by three armed men. A suspect, 29, was later arrested.
Provincial police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel André Traut said while the driver of the van was alighting, he was approached by an unknown man.
The man locked the driver inside the shop, while his accomplices opened fire on the security guards who were still in their vehicle. They returned fire, but one was killed and the other wounded.
The unidentified suspects fled, but soon afterwards a man was arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder. Police are searching for the other suspects.
* Gugulethu police are investigating the murders of two men shot while walking in the street with two woman on Sunday night.
The couples were walking on NY 108 between 8.30pm and 9pm when they were confronted by two armed men, said provincial police spokesman Captain Frederick van Wyk. The gunmen opened fire and killed both men.
Van Wyk declined to name the dead men, saying he was not sure whether their families had been informed.
“The motive behind the attack is unknown and police are investigating a charge of a murder,” he said.
* On Friday, a 25-year-old man was shot dead in Hanover Park, but police are not sure of the circumstances.
Philippi police responded to reports of a shooting in Hanall Walk at 11.20pm and found the man’s body in the street.
“The circumstances are being investigated, and the motive is yet to be established,” said Van Wyk.
“Therefore it is not possible to speculate whether gang violence was involved,” he said.
Police are investigating a case of murder.
No arrests have been made.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
Cape Argus