MASS SHOOTINGS ROCK FLATS

AFTER five deadly mass shootings rocked the Cape Flats in the last week, crime fighters are calling on authorities to do more.

- BY MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

Recent incidents across the city include a shooting in Philippi last week in which one man was killed and two others wounded; a triple shooting in Valhalla Park; a double killing in Steenberg, where a man and woman were killed and two others injured; and the massacre of seven men in Philippi East on Friday night.

The most recent occurred in Site C, Khayelitsha, on Tuesday night, when two men were killed and another wounded.

Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said the shooting took place at about 11.25pm on Nkonjane Street.