Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela has appointed a multidisciplinary task team to work around the clock.
They are working to find the killers of seven people in Springs, Tsakane and KwaThema in Ekurhuleni this weekend.
Although the motive for the shooting and killing by a group of people was still being investigated, police were looking at the possibility that some of the killings may be related to rival gangs involved in collecting trash at the Rietfontein landfill and drugs turf wars in KwaThema, he said. One vehicle was also damaged in the process. It was suspected that the group armed with handguns were travelling in two vehicles. Eight other people were also attacked while they were sitting in a shack at an informal settlement in KwaThema. Three died, aged between 26 and 41, and five others were taken to the hospital. It was suspected that the motive for the attack was drug-related.
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