Motive yet to be determined in EC mass murder case

Motive yet to be determined in EC mass murder case

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says investigators are trying to determine the motive behind a mass shooting in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.

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Seventeen family members were gunned down on Saturday.

 

Mchunu says two homesteads on the same street were targeted.

 

Fifteen women were among those killed.

 

During a media briefing on Saturday, the minister said that six people including a two-month-old baby survived the attack.

 READ: Infant and elderly man survive Eastern Cape mass shooting

"Other investigators on a specialised basis started doing the work there and we are hoping that we will find some clues in terms of who did this heinous crime, we will spare no moment at bringing them to justice."

 

A manhunt’s underway for the killers


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