Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, said the number of murdered victims was intolerably high and the killers would not escape justice.
A two-month-old baby survived the Lusikisiki mass shooting where 17 people were murdered. File Picture: PixabayA two-month-old baby was one of the people who miraculously survived the mass shooting which left 17 people dead in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape province.
“We woke up to the sad news of 17 people being shot and killed in Ngobozana village, in Lusikisiki. In the first homestead, we understand that four people were shot and killed. There were no survivors. In the second homestead, we understand that there were 19 people that were sleeping in two homes in one yard. 13 of them were shot and killed,” said Mathe.
Before 3pm on Saturday, Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, together with the Deputy Minister of Police, Cassel Mathale and national commissioner of SA Police Service , General Fannie Masemola, addressed the media in Gqeberha, also touching on the Lusikisiki mass murder.He said the number of murdered victims was “intolerably high” and that the killers would not escape justice.
“All people have been shot. We will update once we know exactly, once we have combed the scene, once our teams have finalised the scene - then we will know exactly how many people were there,” Masemola told the television channel.
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