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- One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting outside a Cape Town mosque.
- One man was killed, and two others were injured in the shooting.
- The incident was believed to be gang-related.
One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting outside a Cape Town mosque. The shooting took place following prayers on Friday.
On Monday, a 32-year-old man was arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder, said police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi.
During the shooting, a 29-year-old man was killed. Police responded to the scene on the corner of Mars and Park roads on Friday shortly before 14:00. The incident took place after prayers at a mosque in Wynberg. The gunmen fled the scene immediately after the shooting.
READ | Man killed, two injured in shooting outside Cape Town mosque
Two people injured in the shooting were hospitalised.
News24 previously reported that police spokesperson FC van Wyk confirmed the death and said the injured victims had been transported to a nearby medical facility.
At the time, Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) deputy president Sheikh Riad Fataar said there were allegations that the shooting was gang-related.
In the early hours of Monday morning, members of the Anti-Gang Unit carried out a tracing operation, which led them to an address in Heideveld, said Swartbooi. A man was arrested in the operation.
He is expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on murder and attempted murder charges.
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