Police have taken one person in for questioning over the Lusikisiki mass shootings that resulted in the deaths of 18 people in the Eastern Cape.
National police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said: “After thorough questioning, detectives will determine if there are grounds for arrest. The minister of police and the national commissioner confirmed that police know who they are looking for and are confident that arrests are imminent.”
The victims were gunned down in a homestead in Nyathi village, Ngobozana, on Friday night.
Fifteen of the victims were women while two were men. The gender of the last victim who died in hospital on Sunday is yet to be confirmed.
Nandi Ntini
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