Seven relatives, aged between 29 and 79, were gunned down while mourning the death of another family member near Qunu in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday night.
The group was allegedly attacked by armed gunmen in Tantseka village in Sithebe administrative area near Bumbane Great Place. The gunmen demanded R50,000 in stokvel funds, according to surviving family members.
One of the victims reportedly died along the N2, not too far from the Ultra City in Mthatha, on his way to hospital.The victims have been identified as Nomasango Mkangeli, 79, Notawuzile Fukuzana, 68, Nokulunga Mgxada, 42, Gcobani Mgxada, 29, Phumzile Mgxada, 30, and Nkosikhona Mgxada, 29.
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