Eight wounded in Cape Town shooting incident

28 December 2015 - 09:11 By TMG Digital

Eight people were wounded in a shooting incident at a house in the Cape Town suburb of Lavender Hill on Saturday night‚ paramedics said. ER24 emergency medical service said paramedics from its own and other services arrived to find the victims lying on a lawn at the house.Seven of them had minor wounds while one had moderate wounds‚ it said‚ adding that most of the wounds were in the extremities.It added that paramedics had treated the victims for their injuries before transporting them to nearby hospitals for further treatment.It’s not known what sparked the shooting incident. No other details were immediately available...

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