SAPS to visit Westbury, Reiger Park after fatal attacks

The police department hopes visits to Westbury and Reiger Park on Monday will help deal with crime following mass shootings in both areas.

People are calling for interventions to tackle violence that's fuelled by drugs and gangsterism.

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia alongside other top brass will have discussions with residents.

In the past few weeks two communities in the province witnessed tragic deaths.

Last month seven teenagers were shot in Westbury and two died when gunmen opened fire at a suspected drug den.

A little over a week later a bloody incident was witnessed in Reiger Park where the occupants of two vehicles released a hail of bullets claiming six lives and wounding three including a child.

The police's Anti-Gang Unit has managed to arrest five suspects connected to the Westbury shooting

Meanwhile the attackers from the Reiger Park shooting are still unknown.

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