Somalians in Khayelitsha say they are wondering which one of their countrymen in the township will be killed next after Somalian shopkeeper Cyrix Man was shot on Tuesday night.Man, 23, was shot twice in the head on the street outside his shop on Endlovini Street, in Khayelitsha C-Section at about 11pm last Tuesday, and died in hospital at about 3.30am on Wednesday morning.
Man’s friend Abduul Bush said Man was shot in the back of the head and it seems he was running away from his killers when the shots were fired.
Bush said nothing was stolen from Man’s shop, which was open at the time, and only his cellphone was taken.
“These people know us, they know our opening and closing time. We been reporting cases like this to the police but they are not doing anything.”
Another Somalian living in Khayelitsha, Feleke Abula Debore said: “We are living in fear now. We are wondering who’s going to be next. We came to South Africa to survive not to die.”
Nine Somalians interviewed in Khayelitsha after the incident said they don’t know what to do because the police are not doing anything to help them.
Khayelitsha’s Somalia Retailers Association chairperson Abbi Ahmed said more than 22 Somalian’s had been killed in the past three months.
But South African resident Sandiso Ntlanganiso said it was not only Somalians who were at risk from crime in the area.
“Every one is a target especially if you working night shift or early in the morning. People cry everyday here but the police are doing nothing.” said Ntlanganiso.
He said police patrols needed to be stepped up in Khayelitsha to reduce crime.
Harare police station spokesperson Constable Nosiphiwo Mntengwane said it was “risky” for Man to be trading from his shop late at night.
She said police were investigating a case of murder. – West Cape News
Man’s friend Abduul Bush said Man was shot in the back of the head and it seems he was running away from his killers when the shots were fired.
Bush said nothing was stolen from Man’s shop, which was open at the time, and only his cellphone was taken.
“These people know us, they know our opening and closing time. We been reporting cases like this to the police but they are not doing anything.”
Another Somalian living in Khayelitsha, Feleke Abula Debore said: “We are living in fear now. We are wondering who’s going to be next. We came to South Africa to survive not to die.”
Nine Somalians interviewed in Khayelitsha after the incident said they don’t know what to do because the police are not doing anything to help them.
Khayelitsha’s Somalia Retailers Association chairperson Abbi Ahmed said more than 22 Somalian’s had been killed in the past three months.
But South African resident Sandiso Ntlanganiso said it was not only Somalians who were at risk from crime in the area.
“Every one is a target especially if you working night shift or early in the morning. People cry everyday here but the police are doing nothing.” said Ntlanganiso.
He said police patrols needed to be stepped up in Khayelitsha to reduce crime.
Harare police station spokesperson Constable Nosiphiwo Mntengwane said it was “risky” for Man to be trading from his shop late at night.
She said police were investigating a case of murder. – West Cape News
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