FAMILY FEUD

Cops reveal motive for Mitchells Plain bloodbath

- BY MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

WESTERN Cape police have revealed that the motive behind the series of shootings in Mitchells Plain over the weekend was linked to a domestic dispute between members of rival gangs within the same extended family.

Speaking during a visit to the Mitchells Plain police station, Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile said the violence on Thursday and Friday appeared to have been triggered by a conflict between in-laws, both allegedly high-ranking figures in opposing gangs.

Patekile added that some of the victims were shot at or near spaza shops in Beacon Valley and Town Centre, while another was shot inside a home, through a window.