Suspect killed in deadly Cape mosque attack
There is no indication that the Malmesbury attack is linked to the recent Verulam mosque attack
At least two people were stabbed to death and others injured in an attack at a mosque in Malmesbury in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police shot dead a man at the mosque‚ who charged at them with a knife when they arrived on the scene. The suspect was said to be a stranger who had asked for refuge. The Muslim Judicial Council said on its Facebook page just after 6am that it was "shocked to its core to learn of a brutal attack on the Malmesbury Masjied in Cape Town in the early hours of this morning". "We can confirm that two people have been killed whilst in I’tikaaf and another regular musallee of the Masjied injured. "We do not have any further details as yet but we urge the community not to jump to any conclusions until clarity can be given." The president of the judicial council and his deputies were on their way to the mosque to gather more information. "Provincial detectives are combing a crime scene for clues following the death of two people at a mosque in Malmesbury ...
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