{"id":47449,"date":"2024-01-12T14:51:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T12:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/residents-worst-fear-comes-true-as-two-are-gunned-down-in-gang-shooting-in-zeekoevlei-20240111\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:01:27","slug":"residents-worst-fear-comes-true-as-two-are-gunned-down-in-gang-shooting-in-zeekoevlei-20240111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/residents-worst-fear-comes-true-as-two-are-gunned-down-in-gang-shooting-in-zeekoevlei-20240111\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents&#8217; worst fear comes true as two are gunned down in &#8216;gang&#8217; shooting in Zeekoevlei"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The worst fear for residents of Zeekoevlei became a reality when two people were gunned down during an alleged gang shooting at a notorious footbridge on Saturday 6 January.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bridge in Dabchick Road, an alleged crime hotspot, has residents living in fear prompting neighbours to ask the City of Cape Town to remove the footbridge that creates a thoroughfare for gang members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While no arrests have been made, a suspect has been taken in for questioning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The worst fear for residents of Zeekoevlei became a reality when two people were gunned down during an alleged gang shooting at a notorious footbridge on Saturday 6 January.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bridge in Dabchick Road, an alleged crime hotspot, has residents living in fear prompting them to ask the City of Cape Town to remove it. They claim that the bridge creates a thoroughfare for gang members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/Community-Newspaper\/Peoples-Post\/notorious-bridge-to-go-20220328\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Notorious bridge\u2019 to go<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rustum Mally was eating lunch with his wife and children when he claims he heard the gunshots on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere were three shots, very loud, to the point that the neighbours all came out to see what happened. Prior to the shots there was swearing and then a minute later three shots rang out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Mally stepped outside his gate he found the gunshot victims in the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI opened my gate, and the guy was lying in front of my house in the middle of the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lady who was shot, we waited with her for the police.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mally there is an ongoing battle for \u201cdrug territory\u201d between the Six Bob gang and Junky Funkies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile Grassy Park police spokesperson Capt Wynita Kleinsmith confirmed a case of murder and attempted murder has been opened.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA male victim was shot in the back and died at the scene. 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