By Johnathan Paoli
Police are still searching for those responsible for the mass shootings in the Eastern Cape, which claimed its eighteenth victim on Sunday.
The latest victim, who had been in critical condition in hospital following the attack, succumbed to their injuries on Sunday afternoon.
“The SAPS can confirm that the eighteenth victim passed away at the hospital today. There are no other new developments. However, [a] police investigation is underway,” Eastern Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa said in a statement.
The police and the government have appealed to community members to come forward with any information that can assist with investigations.
The country is in shock following two shooting incidents at two homesteads on the same road in Ngobozana village near Lusikisiki early on Saturday.
The chair of Parliament’s Police Portfolio, Ian Cameron, said on Sunday that the shootings were typical behaviour of extortionist mafias.
“It’s
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