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Police are investigating a case of murder (five counts), following another mass shooting in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday evening.

The SAPS recovered five bodies at Chris Hani informal settlement in New Brighton, Gqeberha. In a statement, police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli said five men were found in a shack with gunshot wounds inside a shack.

“It is alleged that at about 21:30, SAPS New Brighton were summoned to a complaint of shooting at a shack in Chris Hani informal settlement, New Brighton. On police arrival at the scene, they found the bodies of five men with multiple gunshot wounds. The circumstances surrounding the incident are forming part of the investigation,” he said.
Five shot dead in another Eastern Cape mass shooting

Nkohli said the names of the deceased are withheld until a formal identification process was concluded.

“Earlier today at about 11:45, a team comprising of members from #SAPS detectives, crime intelligence, specialised units and visible policing operationalised leads and managed to locate the suspect at a house in Tsewu Street, New Brighton,” he added.