Shockwaves were sent through the community of Kraaifonten after three men were killed, one injured and a woman raped in Wallacedene during three separate incidents in the early hours on Sunday morning.
This comes just days after six people were killed in 24 hours last Monday and Tuesday and three men accused of criminal activity were killed in vigilante style and set alight on Wednesday night by community members.
On Sunday, the first incident took place in Mhongqo informal settlement around 1am when a 35- year-old man was shot and killed.
The second incident took place between 2am and 3am where a man was shot and wounded and his female companion raped just metres away from the first scene.
Also, not far from the two scenes, two men between the ages of 25 and 30 were shot and killed.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said the death toll remains at three as a fourth victim is still in hospital.
Potelwa confirmed “Western Cape police are investigating three counts of murder, and attempted murder as well as a rape following three separate shooting incidents that occurred in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein in the early hours of Sunday morning.
"Reports from the scenes indicate that at approximately 01:00, a 35 year old man was shot and killed in the Mhongqo informal settlement. The motive for the incident is yet to be determined.
"In another incident a male victim was shot and wounded. Meanwhile his female companion was raped between 02:00 and 03:00 about 30 metres from the first scene.
"At approximately 3:14 two males estimated between the ages of 25 and 30 were shot and killed not far from the two previous scenes.
"The motive for the shooting incidents is the subject of the initiated police investigations.”
Potelwa said a male person died after arrival at the Kraaifontein hospital after he was stabbed in the chest in the COVID informal settlement in Bloekombos, Kraaifontein early on Saturday evening, 13 September.
She clarified: “This murder has in previous reports been erroneously recorded as the attempted murder of Sunday morning.
"The death toll from the Sunday morning shooting incidents remains at three with an attempted murder (victim still in hospital) and a rape registered.
"No arrests have been effected yet. Investigations continue with additional deployments sent to the area.”
Mawethu Sisila from the Kraaifontein Community Policing Forum has called mense to attend urgent meeting this Monday and Tuesday with the various community leaders to address the spate of shootings that has hit the community.
He said: “We are meeting to talk about what must happen because Saps cannot work alone and they cannot do it without the help of the community. We need to activate the community to be the eyes and ears of the police, so that we can be proactive.
We also do not condone the community to take the law into their own hands.”