Four security guards were attacked while on duty at NY 5 Gugulethu Cemetery on Thursday 9 October. One died and three were injured during the incident.
A KTC community leader who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of harassment, said one security guard was in a vehicle while the other three were standing outside te vehicle when they were attacked.
“The assailants were driving two cars. One parked in front of the security guards’ vehicle and one behind it. Several men carrying guns exited the vehicles and instructed the three security officers who were standing outside the vehicle to lay down. They then shot the guards before they fled from the scene,” he explained, adding that the security officer that was in the vehicle died on the spot and other three were injured.
“We are not safe. As community leaders we are scared even to go to the scene because we are accused of being spies of the officers.”
Provincial police spokesperson Sgt Wesley Twigg confirmed the incident and said that Gugulethu detectives are investigating murder and attempted murder cases.
“Gugulethu officers responded to a complaint of a shooting on Thursday 9 October around 15:00, in NY 5.” He said up on arrival on the scene they found a security guard inside a GWM light delivery vehicle who sustained gunshot wounds to his body and three others who were wounded.
“The 45-year-old victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel, while the other victims were taken to a medical facility for treatment. According to reports the victims were approached by unknown assailants who shot them. The suspects fled the scene with the victim’s service firearms,” said Twigg.
