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Delft Shooting Kills Boy and Woman, Child Hurt in Separate Attack

Fresh shootings on the Cape Flats have renewed doubts about the year-long army deployment.

Overview

  • A house attack in Delft's Leiden Avenue left a 12-year-old boy and a 38-year-old woman dead, and four others wounded, according to police.
  • Investigators say an unknown man knocked at the door, opened fire on those inside, and fled, with the motive still under investigation.
  • Delft police opened two murder and four attempted murder cases and urged tips via Crime Stop or the MySAPS app.
  • The Valhalla Park case, reported Thursday on Eleanor Street, left a six-year-old with a head wound in suspected gang crossfire and prompted an attempted murder probe.
  • In a separate Delft case, a 58-year-old woman was shot execution-style in her bedroom and robbed, as residents question the impact of the year-long SANDF deployment to crime hotspots.