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2 injured in gang shooting at Cape Town Airport

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There was a gang shooting incident on Wednesday at South Africa’s Cape Town International Airport, according to police officials.

Police say two men were injured in what has been described as a drive-by shooting incident.

According to the spokesperson for the Police Vish Naidoo operations at the airport were not affected.

He said “a man, about 50 years of age, was shot in a drive-by shooting and in the process a bystander, a 30-year-old man, was also hit.”

Officials do not know the reason or motive for the shooting at an airport that is the second busiest in the South Africa.

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Flights had not been affected, the airport’s general manager Deon Cloete said in a statement.

“The shooting scene has been cordoned off while investigations continue,” Cloete said.

The airport is also Africa’s third busiest and handles around 10 million passengers a year.

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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