A two-month-old baby was one of the people who miraculously survived the mass shooting which left 17 people dead in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape province.
IOL reported on Saturday morning that at least 17 people, including 15 women, were brutally murdered in two incidents in Lusikisiki on Friday night.
In an update, SAPS national spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe told broadcaster Newzroom Afrika that six people had survived the shooting.
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.
We have six survivors. These include four women, and we have a man that is critically injured but we also have a two-month-old baby. It was not injured but we have taken precautionary measures and taken the baby to a local hospital for medical care.
