Bridgetown
Twee dood, een beseer toe skote klap
Verdagtes vlug ná skietery
JONGSTE! Volgens die polisie was daar geen arrestasies nie. Lede van die Bishop Lavis-polisie, wat die gebied patrolleer het, het van die skietery gehoor en die voertuig opgemerk, sê die polisie in ‘n verklaring. Hulle het die voertuig agternagesit, maar die verdagtes het daarin geslaag om te voet te ontsnap. Die kar is verlate gevind en ‘n 9mm-pistool is in daarin gevind.
MISDAADTONEEL: Bonteheuwel, Kaapstad: Verskeie verdagtes het hulle uit die voete gemaak kort nadat tee persone dood geskiet en een gewond is in ‘n skietvoorval Woensdagaand, 6 Mei 2026 in Bonteheuwel.
Die voorval het op die hoek van Jakkalsvlei-laan en Kiaatweg plaasgevind.
“Hierdie sinnelose daad kom nadat ons gewaarsku het oor moontlike vergeldingsvoorvalle na gisteraand se moord,” het die wyksraadslid vir Bonteheuwel, Angus McKenzie, Woensdag 6 Mei 2026 in ‘n Facebook-plasing gesê.
Op Dinsdag 5 Mei 2026 is ‘n jongman ook in Bonteheuwel doodgeskiet.
“Laat ons dit duidelik stel, die persoon wat ons vandag verloor het, was nie ‘n bendelid nie, maar ‘n onskuldige mens wat nie verdien het om ‘n slagoffer van hierdie aanhoudende siklus van geweld te word nie.”
Kort na die skietery ,het McKenzie gesê, het hulle geloofwaardige inligting van inwoners en ooggetuies via sy tip-off lyn ontvang.
“Daardie inligting is onmiddellik aan ons veiligheids- en sekuriteitspanne op die grond oorgedra. Hulle het binne minute opgetree. Die verdagtes se voertuig is geïdentifiseer, voorgekeer en deursoek.”
McKenzie het in sy Facebook-plasing gesê ‘n vuurwapen met ammunisie is gevind en verskeie verdagtes, wat aan die verskafde beskrywings voldoen, is aangekeer. Die verdagtes is gearresteer en is na die Bishop Lavis-polisiestasie geneem.
“Vanaand treur ons die verlies van ‘n onskuldige lewe. Gisteraand het ons ook ‘n lewe weens bendegeweld verloor. Maar te midde van hierdie pyn het die krag van die gemeenskap derugekom.”
McKenzie het bevestig die voertuig wat in Woensdagaand se skietery gebruik is, is ‘n paar dae gelede in Bridgetown, Athlone, gekaap.
Die verdagtes het die gekaapte motor se nommerplate verander.
Two killed, one wounded in shooting
Suspects’ vehicle recovered after murders
UPDATE! According to the police there have been no arrests. Members of the Bishop Lavis police, who were patrolling in the area, heard about the shooting and spotted the vehicle. They gave chase, but the suspects managed to escape on foot after abandoning the vehicle. A 9mm pistol was found in the car.
CRIME SCENE: Bonteheuwel, Cape Town: Swift action by the community and law enforcement saw police recover the suspects’ vehicle shortly after two people were killed and one wounded in a drive-by shooting incident in Bonteheuwel this evening, Wednesday, 6 May 2026.
The incident happened on the corner of Jakkalsvlei Avenue and Kiaat Way.
“This senseless act of violence comes in the wake of the warnings we issued regarding possible retaliation following last night’s killing,” said the ward councillor for Bonteheuwel, Angus McKenzie in a Facebook post this evening.
On Tuesday, 5 May 2026 a young man was also shot and killed in Bonteheuwel.
“Let us be clear the life lost today was not a gang member, but an innocent individual who did not deserve to become a victim of this ongoing cycle of violence.”
Shortly after the shooting, McKenzie said they received strong, credible information from residents and eyewitnesses via his tip-off line.
“That information was immediately relayed to our safety and security teams on the ground. Within minutes, they acted. The suspects’ vehicle was identified, stopped, and searched.”
McKenzie said in his Facebook post a” firearm with ammunition was recovered, and multiple suspects matching the provided descriptions were apprehended. All suspects have been arrested and will be processed at Bishop Lavis Police Station.
“Tonight, we mourn the loss of an innocent life. Last night, a life was also lost to gang violence. But in the midst of this pain, the power of community stood firm.”
He later said that the vehicle used in Wednesday evening’s shooting was confirmed hijacked a few days ago in Bridgetown, Athlone.
The suspects had changed the number plates.
Sinnelose skietery ten sterkste veroordeel
Skurke moor baba, vroue
MISDAADTONEEL: Athlone, Kaapstad. – ‘n Nege-maande-oue babadogtertjie en twee jong vroue is Dinsdag in nog ‘n sinnelose en gewadadige skietvoorval vermoor.
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) het reageer op klagtes van ‘n skietery by Sunbird Court in Bridgetown, Athlone omstreeks 22:00 Dinsdag, 17 Februarie. Die polisie het die liggame van die twee vroue van onderskeidelik 25 en 36-jaar-oud, sowel as dié van die baba, op die misdaadtoneel ontdek. Al drie is geskiet.
Twee mans is ook tydens die voorval gewond en is na ‘n hospitaal geneem vir behandeling.
Volgens die polisie het drie onbekende verdagtes van die toneel gevlug. Die motief vir die aanval word steeds ondersoek.
Die SAPD het gesê hulle veroordeel die voorval en het inwoners van Athlone en die breër gemeenskap verseker alle pogings sal aangewend word om die skuldiges vas te trek en die area weer te beveilig.
Enigiemand met inligting kan Crime Stop kontak by 08600 10111 of inligting anoniem verskaf via die MySAPS-mobiele app. Alle inligting sal met die strengste vertroulikheid behandel word.
Two women also die in shooting
Baby brutally killed
CRIME SCENE: Athlone, Cape Town. – In another senseless and brutal shooting incident on Tuesday night, 17 February 2026, a nine-month-old baby girl was killed alongside two women.
The South African Police Services (SAPS) responded to reports of a shooting at Sunbird Court in Bridgetown, Athlone at about 10pm. When the officers arrived at the crime scene, they found the bodies of two women aged 25 and 36, as well as that of the nine-month-old baby. All three sustained fatal gunshot wounds.
Two men were also wounded during the incident and taken to hospital for treatment.
According to the police three unknown suspects fled the scene. The motive for the attack is still under investigation.
SAPS said it condemned the incident and assured the residents of Athlone and broader community that every effort would be made to bring the perpetrators to book and restore safety and stability in the area.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or submit information anonymously via the MySAPS mobile app. All information will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.