Mass shooting in Kalksteenfontein claims two lives, suspects on the run

Police conducted an operation to arrest seven people behind the production and distribution of child sex abuse material.

Ziyaad Douglas/Gallo Images

Police conducted an operation to arrest seven peop

  • Two people were killed in a mass shooting in Kalksteenfontein on Sunday evening.
  • The incident occurred in Soetkop Street, where the suspects allegedly chased a man into a house and started shootin indiscriminately. 
  • The assailants left the scene and, as they fled, they kept on firing. 

Bishop Lavis police are on the hunt for four suspects after a mass shooting in Kalksteenfontein, Elsies River, where two people were killed and six more injured. 

The incident occurred in Soetkop Street on Sunday evening at around 19:00, where the four suspects allegedly chased a man into a house and started shooting indiscriminately. Two men, aged 59 and 50, were killed. 

According to Seargent Samanatha Adonis, police spokesperson, the assailants left the scene and, as they fled, they kept on firing. “Six further victims between age 14 and 59 were wounded in the shooting,” he said. “At this stage the suspects are still unknown, and an investigation is ongoing.”

You need to be Logged In to leave a comment.

Gift this article