{"id":297782,"date":"2025-12-03T13:56:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=297782"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:07:10","slug":"nine-year-old-among-three-people-killed-in-apparent-hit-in-rocklands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/nine-year-old-among-three-people-killed-in-apparent-hit-in-rocklands\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine-year-old among three people killed in apparent hit in Rocklands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MITCHELL&#8217;S PLAIN<\/strong> &#8211; A nine-year-old boy, a 21-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were all killed when gunmen opened fire on a house before entering it and shooting the inhabitants according to provincial police media centre spokesperson Colonel Andr\u00e8 Traut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two men, aged 51 and 36, were also wounded in the shooting and are being treated in hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traut said the Anti-Gang Unit have launched a manhunt to find the shooters from the attack which took place last night in Viscount Street, Rocklands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"297785\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/nine-year-old-among-three-people-killed-in-apparent-hit-in-rocklands\/shooting\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shooting.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shooting\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shooting-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shooting-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Police cordon off Viscount Street after three people were shot dead there last night.\" class=\"wp-image-297785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shooting-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shooting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shooting-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shooting.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police cordon off Viscount Street after three people were shot dead there last night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPreliminary reports indicate that four unidentified gunmen opened fire on the premises before entering the house and shooting the victims,\u201d Traut said. \u201cDetectives from the Anti-Gang Unit have been assigned to the investigation and are pursuing several promising leads to track down the perpetrators responsible for this heinous crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Western Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile strongly condemned the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALSO READ<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/kraaifontein-named-second-most-dangerous-place-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kraaifontein named second most dangerous place in South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis cowardly and senseless act will not go unanswered,\u201d he said. \u201cGangsterism has no place in our society. 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