News24 | Two men arrested for murder of 80-year-old woman and 3 others in Cape Town

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Police arrested  two people in connection with a shooting at a Bishop Lavis house last week in which four people, including an 80-year-old woman, were killed.

Police arrested two people in connection with a shooting at a Bishop Lavis house last week in which four people, including an 80-year-old woman, were killed.

The Anti-Gang Unit has arrested two people in connection with a shooting at a Bishop Lavis house last week in which four people, including an 80-year-old woman, were killed.

Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi said an initial investigation revealed that two armed men stormed into the house in Reenberg Road at about 19:15, firing numerous gunshots at the occupants.

“The victims were declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel,” Swartbooi added.

The investigation resulted in the arrest of two 23-year-old men.

“The possibility that the incident is gang-related cannot be ruled out, and the circumstances surrounding the murder are now the subject of an investigation by the South African Police Service,” Swartbooi said.

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The two men are expected to appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

Provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile, commended the efforts of the investigating team.

In a previous News24 report on the shooting, it emerged that all the victims sustained multiple gunshot wounds, primarily to the head, chest, and upper body. Three of the bodies were found on a double bed, and the fourth on the floor.

At the time, Bishop Lavis Crime Prevention Forum chairperson Graham Lindhorst said the victims were killed just hours after an attempted murder not far from where the victims were killed.

Chairperson of Parliament’s police portfolio committee, Ian Cameron, also described the loss of the four lives as “tragic”.

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