Authorities in the Western Cape have initiated a search for the perpetrators responsible for the fatal shooting of three individuals and the severe injury of six others in Hout Bay on Friday.

Iran Press/Africa: Approximately at 19:30, unidentified assailants shot at the individuals inside three convenience stores on Molokwane Street in Imizamo Yethu," stated police representative Colonel André Traut.

"Three adult males did not survive the onslaught on their lives while six others were admitted to hospital with serious gunshot wounds."

He added that provincial Serious and Violent Crime detectives were pursuing leads. 219