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Eastern Cape police are searching for the gunmen who killed four people in the Qutubeni Administrative Area near Ngcobo who were preparing to rebury their relatives.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, said the brutal attack took place on Saturday when members of a family “were preparing to rebury the remains of their parents.”
He said two other people survived, but a 50-year-old man sustained serious injuries and was rushed to a hospital for further medical care.
Kinana said the four deceased were aged between 39 and 77 and their bodies were found in the garden of a homestead close to the graveyard.
“The circumstances surrounding the killings will form part of the investigation. No arrest has been made at this stage,” he said.
Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene has ordered an immediate activation of the 72-hour mobilisation plan in order to track, trace and arrest the four suspects involved in the shooting.
