Overview
- Walmer police opened a manhunt after four separate murder scenes were discovered on Thursday, May 21, with several victims found shot and three bound males recovered in nearby bushes.
- Western Cape serious violent crime detectives launched a search after five separate shootings in Khayamandi and one in Stellenbosch left seven people dead over Friday and Saturday.
- No arrests have been announced so far in the Western Cape shootings while investigators examine whether the incidents are connected.
- In Gauteng an intelligence-led interception linked to a Germiston hijacking led to five arrests and one suspect fatally wounded at an operation on the N12 and Xavier Road; charges including possession of a hijacked vehicle and firearms offences have been opened.
- Police say forensic identification and next-of-kin notifications are under way and that the outcomes of those processes, plus manhunt results, will determine whether the scenes form part of a wider coordinated crime pattern.