Eastern Cape Community Safety MEC Xolile Nqatha has raised concern over a resurgence of mass shootings and criminal activity in the Nelson Mandela District, following a shooting that left four people dead and two injured in KwaDwesi, Gqeberha, on Saturday.

Armed suspects allegedly stormed a house in the Govan Mbeki area on Saturday night, demanding money and forcing victims to open their banking applications before opening fire on those present.

The MEC’s spokesperson Makhaya Komisa says police were working to apprehend the perpetrators and warned that criminal activity would not go unchallenged.

“The recent rise in horrific attacks and criminal activities poses a serious threat to our communities and seeks to undermine the efforts of the SAPS in combating crime in the district. We want to send a strong message to criminals that no amount of intimidation will deter SAPS from protecting the citizens of this province. The government, together with SAPS, is intensifying crime-fighting strategies to protect the citizens of Nelson Mandela District,” Komisa says.

#sapsEC [SAPS LAUNCHES MANHUNT FOLLOWING MASS SHOOTING IN KWADWESI]

Police in Gqeberha have launched a manhunt following a brutal mass shooting at a residence in Kwadwesi last night, which resulted in the deaths of four people and left two others seriously injured.

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