Kwazulu-Natal police have established a task team to investigate the slaying of four people who were shot dead at two separate traditional ceremonies in the province at the weekend. Three of the victims were killed on Saturday afternoon while attending a traditional ceremony in the Ndaba area‚ Maphumulo‚ when unknown assailants opened fire on them.“Two people died at the scene and the other was rushed to hospital where he succumbed due to injuries sustained‚” said KZN police spokesman Captain Nqobile Gwala.A fourth person was shot dead in the early hours of Sunday while sleeping at a house in the same area where a traditional ceremony was also being held‚ Gwala said. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the body.The victims have been identified as Steven Khumalo (30)‚ Mthokozisi Khuzwayo (31)‚ Syanda Khuzwayo (35) and Phumlani Mpungose (40).The motive for the killings was unknown at this stage‚ Gwala said.KwaZulu-Natal Acting Provincial Commissioner‚ Major General Bhekinkosi Langa condemned the brutal slayings. He urged communities to remain vigilant and continue to supply the police with information that could assist them in arresting the perpetrators.“Possession of illegal firearms contributes immensely to murder of innocent members of the community and as a result the possession thereof by any individual must be reported to the police. A task team has been formed to investigate the murders of four people‚” he said...