By Amy Musgrave
A team of seasoned detectives are on the ground in Ncenjana Location outside Mthatha following another mass shooting in Eastern Cape, which claimed the lives of five people who were sleeping in Bityi on Friday night.
This is the third mass killing in the province in recent weeks.
Premier Oscar Mabuyane told SABC that he was very concerned about the spate of violent killings.
“The rate of crime is escalating as we are seeing it and it looks like we are coexisting with criminals in every village [which] is something we are not used,” he said.
“It looks like now that we will be waking up with the sad news of deaths that have been witnessed through the barrel of a gun. It is a very painful process that we as the province are going through.
“… these crimes are really organised crimes. It’s not something that
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