In a shooting incident that occurred on Saturday in Upper Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), several bullets were fired by fleeing suspects during a heist at a bar on the R614 by the suspects.
Residents reported hearing gunfire and Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) personnel were reportedly sent to the scene at around 19:19.
ROBBERY AT TONGAAT TAVERN
The owner of a bar acknowledged that four armed suspects had broken into the establishment and taken money, booze, and cigarettes, according to RUSA.
As they left, the thieves fired four bullets. A gunshot hit one of the refrigerators. At the scene, there were four used 9mm bullets. There were no reported injuries.
North of Pretoria in Gauteng, in Ga-Rankuwa, there was a shooting that left two persons dead and seven others wounded.
According to reports, the incident occurred on Friday, July 22 at around 2:00.
Police claim that unidentified men in a silver polo fired gunfire at pub patrons who were seated at random.
Colonel Dimakatso Sello, the police spokesperson, stated that the shooting’s motivation is currently unknown and that two murder investigations and seven attempted murder cases are under investigation.
Sello advised anybody with information regarding the incident or the suspects to contact their local police department, call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 582-8477, or submit an anonymous tip through MySapsapp.
She stated that “any information received would be totally secret.”
Only a few days prior, four more people were shot and killed at an unofficial village in Lenasia.
In the Themb’elihle informal settlement in Lenasia, Johannesburg, four individuals were reportedly shot and died last Saturday, while two more sustained injuries.