Three people shot dead in Inanda; taxi taken – p0lice
IN YET another shooting in Durban, police have launched a manhunt following the brutal murder of three people in Inanda.
The incident took place in the early hours of yesterday morning in the Nhlungwane area in Inanda. Police said one person survived. Shedding more light on the incident, provincial police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said police responded to reports of a shooting on Mpunzi Road.
“Upon arrival, police found the body of a man believed to be in his 40s and a 24-year-old woman. They had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were declared deceased on scene.”
Police said a few metres away from the first crime scene, another body of a man, believed to be 50 years old, was found dead inside his cottage room, also with gunshot wounds.
“His neighbour was also shot at, but survived unharmed.”
Netshiunda said information at the police’s disposal at this stage suggested that an unknown number of suspects shot the man and woman and proceeded to a nearby house where they demanded keys for a minibus taxi from women occupants of the house.
“The women escaped unharmed and the suspects took the spare key for the minibus taxi.
“The same suspects are believed to have continued to the cottages down the road where they shot the third victim and took the original keys before driving off with the minibus taxi.
“The minibus taxi was found abandoned in the Ntuzuma area.”
In a separate incident earlier on Monday, a man was shot and killed a few metres from where the man and the woman were killed. “It is not yet clear if the incident is linked to the triple murder,” Netshiunda said.
Anyone with information can call the crime stop number: 08600 10111.