The Democratic Alliance DA, is calling for swift action from the South African Police Service SAPS and Crime Intelligence to work tirelessly to track down the culprits of the Lusikisiki mass shooting that claimed 18 lives.
Police in the Eastern Cape on Sunday confirmed that an eighteen person has died from the Ngobozana village shooting, in Lusikisiki.
Family members were wiped out by unidentified gunmen who opened fire at a homestead.
On Saturday, IOL reported that a two-month-old baby was one of the people who miraculously survived the mass shooting which at the time left 17 people dead. Among those murdered were 15 women, including the mother of the two-month-old baby.
We woke up to the sad news of 17 people being shot and killed in Ngobozana village, in Lusikisiki. In the first homestead, we understand that four people were shot and killed. There were no survivors. In the second homestead, we understand that there were 19 people that were sleeping in two homes in one yard. 13 of them were shot and killed, said Mathe.
