Khayelitsha during a protest action on March 20, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais) "At around 06:00 (0400 GMT) police were summoned to a shooting incident in Ncumu Street where the bodies of four males and one female were discovered with gunshot wounds," the South African Police Service said in a statement.
Police said the deaths could be linked to an incident in the early hours of the day where another person was shot and killed in the same vicinity.
Police are yet to identify the victims.
(Reporting by Bhargav AcharyaEditing by Alexander Winning)