Overview
- Police responded at about 16:50 to a Viscount Street home in Mitchells Plain, where a 39-year-old woman and two men aged 29 and 36 were shot dead and a 15-year-old girl was taken to hospital.
- Investigators say three assailants wearing balaclavas arrived in a grey vehicle, entered the residence, opened fire, and fled.
- Crime-scene experts recovered several spent cartridges and other exhibits that will be tested as part of the investigation.
- Police say the motive is believed to be gang-related and have appealed for information via Crime Stop or the MySAPS app as Anti-Gang Unit detectives pursue leads.
- Local reporting identifies the deceased as Sadia Madatt, Abubaker Alexander and Ferjaaz Miller, including claims linking Madatt to slain figure Kaldimola “Dimes” Madatt, which SAPS has not confirmed.