A prominent Cape Town lawyer was among those who died in a mass shooting in Gugulethu this week.
Mbeko Venfolo, director of Venfolo Attorneys, was one of five people shot dead by gunmen in KTC on Monday, the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) in the Western Cape said.
The BLA said it has “learnt with shock and disgust the sad news” of the death of a colleague Mbeko Venfolo, who was shot with four of his friends by criminals.
“This calamity comes a little more than a month after the death of another lawyer, Ayanda Gladile, who also died at the hands of gun-touting individuals who have no regard for human life.”
Police have not yet named the victims.
Organised crime detectives are investigating the shooting, according to Western Cape police spokesperson Brig Novela Potelwa.
“Police were called on Monday evening to Fenqe Street in KTC. On arrival they discovered the bodies of five men with gunshot wounds in two vehicles.
“Reports indicate the victims were sitting in two vehicles when another vehicle with armed men emerged and shots were fired at the occupants of the two vehicles. Five men between the ages of 46 and 52 were killed.
“The motive for the shooting is the subject of the police investigation that has been initiated with no arrests yet.”
The BLA said South Africa is besieged by criminals.
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