CRIME SCENE: Strandfontein, Cape Town: Another person has been shot and killed in Strandfontein, the third fatal shooting incident in less than a week there.

The Western Cape provincial media centre commander, Lieutenant Colonel F.C Van Wyk, said  police members attended to the shooting incident on Thursday, 22 October 2026 at about 23:00 in Garden Lane, Strandfontein.

“They discovered the body of a male with no fixed address covered in gunshot wounds to the body on an open field in the lane.

“Circumstances surrounding this incident are under investigation. The motive is believed to be gang related. No arrests have been made yet,” Van Wyk said.

The incident came within a few days of another shooting on Monday night, 19 October 2026 at about 20:45 in Korvette Road, Strandfontein where a 26-year-old man was shot and killed.

And last Saturday, 17 October 2026 two men, aged 33 and 44-years, were shot and killed and two others wounded in Dinghie Circle, Strandfontein.

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