Cape Town – Durban police have reportedly launched a manhunt for suspects who shot and killed five people in Mariannhill, KwaZulu-Natal on Monday.
The victims were killed at two vehicle workshops while two more people sustained injuries, reports said.
Reports indicated that the same gunmen were linked to the two shooting incidents and nothing was taken or stolen during the shooting.
According to police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Netshiunda, information at the police’s disposal, indicated that the suspects stormed into a vehicle workshop and shot the owner and two other people, reported EWN.
“The owner and one person were declared dead at the scene, whereas the third victim was rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds,” the report quoted Netshiunda as saying.
News24 reported that the gunmen proceeded to the second workshop, where they shot and killed its owner and two others.
“Although the motive of the killings is yet to be established, nothing was reported robbed or stolen during the shooting,” Netshiunda was quoted as saying in the report.
Three of the victims were in their 50s, and the other two were said to be in their late 30s, the report said.
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