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The Christmas Day fight left 12 men shot and wounded.
Intensified SAPS and SANDF operations were underway on December 26, 2020 in the village of Mpheni in the Eastern Cape following the killing of eight villagers on Christmas Day. Image: @ SAPoliceService / Twitter
CAPE TOWN – Six men were arrested Saturday after a violent clash that resulted in the deaths of eight villagers on Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape.
The Christmas Day fight left 12 men shot and wounded.
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A group of men from the town of Mpheni attacked another group from the village of Nokhatshile.
The altercation is believed to have been related to the taxi industry.
“There were 12 people injured and not six injured as we initially reported. And of those 12 men, six of them were treated and discharged and we arrested those six immediately after they were discharged from the hospital, “said police spokesman Brigadier Vish Naidoo.
Another six people continued to receive medical care.
“The remaining six are currently in the hospital and we also put them under police surveillance because we feel we need to interview them and they possibly have a case to answer,” Naidoo said.
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Naidoo said more arrests were imminent and that the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) continued to assist police in their efforts to find more men involved in the deadly confrontation.
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