Kaya News Reporter
Freedom Park residents fear for their lives after 5 bodies were found with gunshot wounds on Wednesday.
Scattered a few metres apart from one another, the bodies were found near the Golden Highway, close to Eldorado Park.
Kaya News reporter Katleho Sekhotho was at the scene speaking to residents.
Many reported hearing gunshots at around midnight.
“The sound of gunshots firing woke us up. We were scared,” shared one of the woman.
Residents were growing increasingly fearful after 5 bodies were found last week near a landfill in Devland.
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According to residents, the shootout occured between security guards and copper cable thieves.
The area is notorious for cable theft and security guards and thieves clash all the time.
The Golden Highway was closed for most of Wednesday while police closed the crime scene.
Police are calling for anyone with information on to come forward.
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