CRIME SCENE: Lavender Hill, Cape Town: A 27-year-old man was stabbed to death in Lavender Hill on Friday morning, 22 May 2026.

Sergeant Wesley Twigg of the Western Cape police media office said Steenberg police registered a murder case for investigation following the stabbing incident at about 07:00, on the corner of Urfield  and Epsten Roads.

Twigg said police members attended to the crime scene where they found the victim with a stab wound to his body.

“He was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation and arrests are yet to be made.”

Anyone with any information about the incident can contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use the MySAPS-App anonymously.