“The suspects who were wearing half balaclavas fled in a white Hyundai light motor vehicle with no registration plates‚” said Balram.
IPSS Medical Rescue paramedic Paul Herbst‚ who was on the scene‚ confirmed the Reaction Unit account.
He said “multiple patients have been stabbed” and the mosque had been set alight.
“As per reports from scene‚ three males entered the mosque shouting‚ screaming‚ [and] just started stabbing people‚ threw some sort of device or petrol bomb into the mosque and ran away‚” he said.
Herbst confirmed that that the injured men were rushed to various local hospitals.
SAPS spokeswoman Captain Nqobile Gwala said police were on the scene and were trying to confirm details.
This is a developing story.