POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Bloodletting resumes at Glebelands amid new probe
Six people have been shot at the notorious Durban hostel in what is considered to be an intra-ANC factional war
A fresh outbreak of political killings erupted at a notorious Durban hostel even as Police Minister Bheki Cele announced the appointment of a new task team to tackle the issue. Since Thursday night six people were shot at Glebelands Hostel in what is considered to be intra-ANC factional wars at the hostel. A private security guard and a 70-year-old man lost their lives in the attacks. This is after two security guards were shot at by unknown gunmen while on patrol at the hostel on Thursday night. One of them was fatally wounded and the other sustained serious injuries, according to police spokesman Lt Col Thulani Zwane. He said the 70-year-old man was killed on Friday following a gun attack on three men who were seated at a local tavern. There had been a lull in the killings at the hostel, especially after the appointment of the Moerane Commission into political killings in the province, which put a special focus on attacks at the hostel. "No-one has been arrested so far but we are ...
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