Five people shot dead and set alight in Cape Town

PHILIPPI EAST, CAPE TOWN - Police have launched an investigation after five people were shot dead then set alight in Cape Town.

The deceased were found burnt inside a parked car in the Better Life area of Philippi East.

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In a separate shooting, in Lotus River, eight people were wounded. They are now in hospital.

Reporter Ayesha Ismail spoke to the Western Cape police commissioner, Thembisile Patekile.

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