3 killed in suspected targeted attack in South Africa’s Cape Town

CAPE TOWN, June 28– Three people were shot dead and several others escaped after armed suspects opened fire inside a shack in a township in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday, in what is believed to have been a targeted attack.

The shooting occurred at about 7:00 p.m. local time in the Kanana informal settlement in Gugulethu, a township located on the Cape Flats about 15 to 20 km southeast of Cape Town city centre, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement.