Cape Town – A shooting at a restaurant in Sandton, Gauteng, on Thursday resulted in three deaths and four injuries.
Police reported that a man with a firearm tried to enter the restaurant, which enforces a no-firearm policy.
An altercation ensued, leading to a shoot-out between the man’s bodyguard and security.
“Two bodyguards were declared dead at the scene while the man, two patrons, a community policing forum member and a security guard were taken to hospital with gunshot injuries,” police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said.
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Four others have been injured.
Those working at the establishment can be seen washing out the blood.
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The man who started the altercation later died in hospital.
Preliminary investigations revealed the man had been arrested last year for a shooting incident in Sandton.
No arrests have been made yet, and investigations into murder and attempted murder are ongoing.
Three people have been shot dead and four others wounded at a restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg last night. Gauteng provincial commissioner Brigadier Brenda Muridili says they are investigating the matter. #Newzroom405
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