Eight people have been shot in Site C, Khayelitsha, within 24 hours.
Four people travelling in a seven-seater vehicle on Japhta K Masemola Road were shot and killed after a confrontation with the provincial combat team on Wednesday.
Police said they had received information that the vehicle was allegedly involved in extortion activities. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the occupants opened fire.
“The team responded, and four men were fatally wounded,” said police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa. She said three firearms were confiscated at the scene.
In a separate incident, four men were shot in Site C, in the Taiwan informal settlement, on Tuesday night.
Provincial police spokesperson, Sergeant Wesley Twigg, said two men, aged 20 and 23, were declared dead at the scene, and the other two,…