'We had a bloody weekend as a country.' So said Police Minister Bheki Cele while addressing the media outside Mdlalose Tavern in Nomzamo, Orlando East, on Monday where 15 people were shot dead on Saturday night. | ntwaagae iavanpijoos
Fifteen people were shot and killed after gunmen stormed Mdlalose Tavern, a popular gathering spot in Nomzamo informal settlement in Orlando East.Police Minister Bheki Cele visited Orlando East in Soweto where 15 people were gunned down at Mdlalose Tavern over the weekend.A community leader who addressed the community before Cele arrived said unemployed young people often went to taverns because they have no other alternative.
The minister said, apart from the 15 patrons killed in Soweto, two others had been shot dead in Katlehong, four in Pietermaritzburg, two in Inanda, and two in Duncan Village in East London. He added that there were suspicions that five people armed with three AK-47s had launched the attack. "We are going to deploy TRT members to patrol this area. They will be here from tonight. They won’t be removed from here until they complete their task. Their presence will be felt. We want to saturate all the streets here and take them over."He said the gunmen had gone to Mdlalose Tavern with one purpose - to kill people.
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