JOHANNESBURG, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A total of six suspects have been arrested following two separate mass shooting incidents on Saturday in South Africa's North West Province, local police said Monday.
Police said gunmen fired indiscriminately at a tavern in Kanana Township in the province, killing eight people and injuring 13, and stole cash, mobile phones, a snooker table, and video surveillance cameras.
"In the Kanana incident wherein eight people died and 13 others were injured, a multidisciplinary team arrested four suspects who are all Lesotho foreign nationals, aged between 24 and 38, in Klerksdorp and Kanana Township respectively. During the arrests, the team seized a Toyota Hilux Double Cab bakkie (pickup truck) and more than 82 rounds of ammunition of different calibers," said North West police in a statement.
"The suspects are expected to appear in the Orkney Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, facing eight counts of murder, 13 of attempted murder, and unlawful possession of ammunition," the provincial police said.
Police also arrested and detained two men, both aged 30, in connection with a separate shooting incident in Freedom Park outside a tuck shop on the same day, in which five people lost their lives.
In the statement, Sello Kwena, North West police commissioner, commended all members of the respective teams "for their dedication and relentless efforts in ensuring the arrest of suspects within a short space of time after the ruthless incidents were reported."
He cautioned that lawlessness will not be tolerated and that the police service will not hesitate to mobilize resources to ascertain that those who unashamedly commit heinous crimes are brought to book to face the full might of the law. Enditem.