Crime 28 October 2026, 14:21 via IOL

Shootout at Cape Town taxi rank sends commuters fleeing as three killed

Three people were killed and another injured in separate suspected taxi-related shootings in Cape Town, prompting the temporary closure of Delft’s public transport interchange and heightened police deployments.

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