Eleven people were killed in a series of overnight shootings in a Cape Town township, police said on Saturday, including four victims shot dead when gunmen opened fire in a bar.
Extra police officers were deployed to the Philipi district of Cape Town, a city that suffers from regular gang violence and armed clashes between rival criminal groups.
“We have deployed teams comprising specialist detectives, high-risk units and intelligence operatives,” police spokeswoman Novela Potelwa told the News 24 website.