CAPE TOWN - Three men have been killed in Samora Machel informal settlement in Cape Town.
The incident is said to have happened around around 8am in different locations within close proximity of each other in C Section of the informal settlement.
Western Cape police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut says the men aged between 26 and 35 were killed in a vigilante attack.
According to Traut, the men were alleged armed robbers.
"Although post-mortem examinations will confirm the exact cause of death, it is suspected that the victims were fatally assaulted," says Traut.
Residents have now been urged to assist police in finding those responsible.