Suspected clashes between rival gangs involved in collecting trash at the Rietfontein dumpsite and a drug turf war in KwaThema have led to the murder of seven people.
Gauteng provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela has appointed a multidisciplinary task team to work around the clock to find the shooters.Police spokesperson Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said t
wo of the bodies were found with gunshot wounds at the dump site in Springs on the morning of Friday April 5. Late Friday afternoon, the bodies of two other men aged 27 and 30 were found in Tsakane, where two other people were also injured during an attack by a group of about eight people who were shooting at people randomly.It is suspected that the group, armed with handguns, were travelling in two vehicles.
"Although the motive for the shooting and killing by a group of people is still being investigated, police are looking at the possibility that some of the killings may be related to rival gangs involved in collecting trash at the Rietfontein landfill ...," he said. Eight other people were also attacked while they were sitting in a shack at an informal settlement in KwaThema. Three people aged between 26 and 41 died and five others were taken to hospital.
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