CAPE TOWN (Halbeeg News) – Unidentified gunmen have killed Somali national in Cape town in the latest string of attacks against foreigners in South Africa.
In recent weeks, there has been ongoing extortion and racketeering in townships, a move that led many foreign traders in the country to lose confidence in the country’s law enforcement.
The victim who was identified as Abdulkadir Ajis was killed in Durbanville of Cape town.
According to witnesses, the assailants have opened fire at the victim before managing to flee from the scene.
It is not yet clear the motive behind the attack. The police arrived at the scene but made no arrest.
At least 24 Somali shopkeepers and owners have been killed since January, according to the Somali Community Board of South Africa.
The board blames police inaction for the unabated extortion of foreign-owned businesses and killings.
Nine people were shot and killed at different locations in Site B, Khayelitsha, on Saturday.
Four others succumbed to injuries sustained from shooting incidents in the hospital and five were seriously wounded.
The police arrested 11 suspects but could only charge three for murder and another suspect for the murder of seven people in May last year.
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