PORT ELIZABETH - GANG VIOLENCE RAVAGES ACROSS GELVANDALE, HELENVALE AND KLEINSKOOL THIS WEEKEND

Warrant Officer Alwin Labans says gang-related killings continued unabated in Port Elizabeth's Northern Areas this weekend.

A 23 year-old man was shot dead in Kudu Street in Gelvendale at around 3 o'clock on Sunday morning after a quarrel with two known gangsters who are still at large.

In a deadly shooting on Saturday,  also suspected to be gang-related, 27 year-old Remano Esterhuizen was killed in Harmony Street in Kleinskool.

He was shot in the chest, head and stomach, and died at the scene.

Warrant officer Labans says a 47 year-old female police captain, attached to the special task unit investigating the gang wars in the northern areas was shot and wounded while chasing 3 known gangsters in Helenvale earlier on Sunday.

One of the suspects turned around as he was being pursued and started shooting at the police, hitting the officer in her left arm.

Police have opened an attempted murder docket and are looking for the shooters.

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