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His remarks follow the killing of five people at NY5 on Saturday 30 September. The latest incident brought to more than 15 the total number of people brutally murdered in mass killings in the area since the end of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first incident, two men were shot and killed at Memani Street in KTC and a 15-year-old reportedly died later in hospital after being caught in the crossfire. (\u201cKTC residents are concerned about their safety after several shooting incidents\u201d, <span>City Vision<\/span>, Thursday 24 August). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week later, another two men were gunned down, also at Memani Street, on Thursday 7 September and they were allegedly attacked by people who were driving an Avanza taxi. (\u201cKTC the Cape\u2019 no go zone\u201d, <span>City Vision<\/span>, Thursday 24 September). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate incident, five people in two different cars were ambushed at Fenqe Street in KTC by a group of people travelling in a minibus taxi (\u201cMass killing causes panic in the KTC community\u201d, <span>City Vision<\/span>, Thursday 26 September).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A visibly distraught Mfihlo said the area requires a serious intervention. \u201cThe upper structure in the police sector needs to intervene and ensure that they are cleaning up the area. We need police visibility, roadblocks and stop and search operations daily,\u201d said Mfihlo, adding that enough is enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that the recent killing of five people at NY5 was premeditated. 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