CAPE TOWN – Kraaifontein police are investigating three double murders in separate shooting incidents on Monday 08 September 2025 and Tuesday 09 September 2025.
At about 23:30 two females age 19 and 25 were shot and fatally wounded and a third 24 year old victim shot and injured in Molefe Street, Wallacedene. Police members attended to the crime scene where they found the victims with gunshot wounds to their bodies. The 19 and 25 year old victims were declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel while the 24-year-old victim was taken to a medical facility for treatment.
In another incident at about 23:40 in Taleman Street, Wallacedene, two females in their twenties were shot and fatally wounded. Police members responded to a complaint of a shooting and upon arrival on the scene they found the victims inside a bedroom with gunshot wounds to their heads. Both victims were declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel.
The possibility that these incidents are linked is not ruled out.
In an unrelated shooting incident on Monday, 08 September 2025, at about 21:50, police members responded to a complaint of a shooting on the corner of 9th Avenue and Verster Street, Eikendal, where they found the bodies of two victims age 20 and 22 who sustained gunshot wounds. Both victims were declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The suspects fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.
The motives for these attacks forms part of the police investigation.