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- Seven people were killed in two shooting incidents in Cape Town at the weekend.
- This black weekend brings the murder toll to 14 in shootings in and around the Mother City in just one week.
- Police have reported that no arrests have yet been made.
It has been yet another bloody weekend in Cape Town after seven people, including a 17-year-old boy, were killed in two separate shooting incidents.
The latest was in Hout Bay, where four men were shot dead in a shack in Mandela Square on Saturday evening.
According to Hout Bay Community Police Forum spokesperson Anthony Chelamey, this is the second group shooting to take place in the area.
"On 12 September we also had a group of four men who were shot. We have no clue what's going on, but it's all very concerning."
Chelamey claimed there have been no updates from police regarding arrests linked to these slayings.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said that details concerning the deceased persons are yet to be released as investigations continue.
Meanwhile, Provincial Serious Violent Crimes detectives have also opened a triple murder and attempted murder investigations after a teenager and two men were killed in Heinz Park in the Samora Machel policing precinct on Saturday evening.
It's alleged that unknown gunmen travelling in a car shot one victim multiple times, stabbed another and a third victim was hit with a brick.
All three died at the scene.
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"A fourth person, who was shot in the back, was transported to a medical facility for treatment. The ages of the deceased persons are 17, 37 and 51," added Potelwa.
No arrests have been made yet.
These incidents follow another series of shootings in the Cape Town area. On Friday morning, Zarrah Jackson, 15, was shot while walking to a shop in Rywood Road, Hanover Park.
Jackson was killed along with another person, in what police believe are gang-related incidents.
The body of a 21-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds just after 4am in Cascade Street, Tafelsig, on Saturday, while on Tuesday, six gunmen shot dead three men aged 29, 30 and 44 while sitting in their vehicle in New Beginnings, Mfuleni. All three victims were known to be drug dealers.
Also, Palestinian businessman Shafiq Nasser, 38, was also shot and killed when men on a motorbike opened fire on him on the corner of Bosmansdam and Omuramba roads, near Montague Gardens, bringing the week's murder toll to 14.
