Khayamandi
Polisie opsoek na skieters in Stellenbosch
Vyf sterf ná bloedige aand
MISDAADTONEEL: Khayamandi, Stellenbosch: Speurders van die eenheid teen ernstige geweldsmisdaad in Wes-Kaap het soek verdagtes agter verskeie skietvoorvalle in Khayamandi Vrydagaand 22 Mei 2026 en Saterdag. Sewe mense is dood in die vyf voorvalle.
Volgens amptelike polisieverslae het een voorval in Mgabadeli plaasgevind waar drie mans ‘n 46-jarige man doodgeskiet en daarna gevlug het.
In Thubelisha is twee mans van 27 en 32-jaar-oud ook omstreeks 21:00 deur gewapende mans geskiet is.
Die polisie het 10 minute later die liggame van ‘n 27-jarige man en ‘n vrou van 26-jaar in ‘n plakkershut in Firestraat met skietwonde ontdek.
Intussen is polisie op patrollie vertel van ‘n ander voorval in Luyolo-straat waar hulle die liggaam van ‘n 33-jarige man met skietwonde tussen die plakkersshutte ontdek het.
In die vroeë oggendure van Saterdag is die polisie na 7de-laan uitgeroep waar die liggaam van ‘n 37-jarige man ook met skietwonde ontdek is.
Die motief vir die skietvoorvalle en of die voorvalle met mekaar verband hou, word ondersoek. Geen arrestasies is nog gemaak nie.
Stellenbosch rocked by shooting spree
Manhunt after five people murdered
CRIME SCENE: Khayamandi, Stellenbosch: Provincial serious violent crime detectives have launched a manhunt for suspects believed to be behind several shooting incidents in Khayamandi on Friday evening, 22 May 2026 and one on Saturday.
The five incidents left seven people dead.
Official police reports indicate that one incident occurred in Mgabadeli where a 46-year-old man was shot and killed after he returned from work, allegedly by three gunmen who fled thereafter.
In Thubelisha, two males aged 27 and 32 were also shot by yet-to-be identified gunmen at approximately 21:00.
Meanwhile in Fire Street, police discovered the bodies of a 27-year-old man and a woman aged 26 in a shack with gunshot wounds at 21:10.
Police on patrol were flagged down and alerted to another incident in Luyolo Street between the shacks where they discovered the body of a 33-year-old man with gunshot wounds.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, police were called out to 7th Avenue where the body of a 37-year-old man was also discovered with gunshot wounds.
The motive for the shooting incidents is the subject of the police. The detectives are also probing whether the incidents are linked. No arrests have been made.