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Armed gangsters in a car chased their pedestrian rivals down and shot one of them dead earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capt FC van Wyk of the police\u2019s provincial media centre, said Lentegeur police had registered a murder and an attempted murder case following the shooting incident on Sunday 1 February in Tracy Crescent, Montrose Park, Mitchells Plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wyk said a 34-year-old man was shot and killed, and another injured when four men in a blue VW Golf pursued them and opened fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the motive was believed to be gang-related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a separate incident in the same area, Lentegeur police also recovered several weapons and ammunition in Betty Close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lentegeur Police Station spokesperson Const Navon van Houten said the gun was found after a tip-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN OTHER NEWS: 49 learners removed from overloaded taxi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The silver Norico firearm with 12 live rounds was found in the bedroom of a 25-year-old man, who was arrested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lentegeur police also found firearms in a pink bag at a house in Hugo Naude Street, New Woodlands, after another tip-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The homeowner contacted the station after spotting the suspicious-looking bag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police investigated and found three firearms in the bag with 208 live rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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