CRIME SCENE: Mitchells Plain, Cape Town: A walk to the shop almost cost two men their lives in Tafelsig on Friday night.

According to a media liaison officer for the Western Cape police, Captain FC van Wyk, the two victims were shot by an unknown gunman on 29 May 2026 at 20:00.

“Mitchells Plain SAPS members received a complaint of a shooting incident in Kilimanjaro Street near a bus stop. On arrival they found two victims, a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the buttocks and a 26-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the lower back.

“According to reports the victims was walking to a shop, when a suspect fired two shots at them. They were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment. Mitchells Plain police registered two counts of attempted murder.

“Motive is believed to be gang related,” said Van Wyk.