Glebelands Hostel residents in Durban are living in fear after another resident was shot dead, allegedly on his way to work, just four days after eight people were killed.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Brig Jay Naicker said they established 12 people were in the room where the shooting occurred.
Two were unharmed while three others were wounded, included the owner of the room who jumped through the window of the second-floor room.Police are investigating eight counts of murder and four of attempted murder and the motive remains unknown, said Naicker. Vanessa Burger, a human rights activist who has worked extensively with residents at Glebelands Hostel, blamed the killings on police inaction.
“What we are seeing with the Glebelands massacre and all the dozens of other lives that have been lost at the hostel over the past few years — and that no-one has shown any interest in — is the result of a total lack of SAPS commitment to dealing with organised crime and making communities safer, and an utter lack of political will to ensure hostel communities' most basic rights are protected — that is right to life, dignity, safe environment and so on,” she said.
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