Four people shot dead at Bellville taxi rank
Four gunmen in two vehicles opened fire at the long-distance section of the Bellville taxi rank in Cape Town at about 9pm on Saturday. A seven-year-old child and a man were wounded, and police have made no arrests.
Police spokesperson Lt Col Frederick van Wyk said the suspects fired many shots. Four people died, and a man and the seven-year-old child were wounded. Reports said the four who died were men.
Bellville police registered cases of murder and attempted murder. Detectives from the Provincial Taxi Violence Unit are investigating the shooting.
Key facts
- Who
- Frederick van Wyk (Police spokesperson (Lt Col)); Provincial Taxi Violence Unit (detectives investigating the shooting); Bellville police (registered murder and attempted murder cases); FC van Wyk (Police spokesperson)
- What
- Four gunmen travelling in two vehicles opened fire on victims at the long-distance section of the Bellville taxi rank at about 9pm on Saturday, killing four men and wounding a seven-year-old child and another man. Police have opened murder and attempted murder cases; no arrests have been made.
- When
- 7 November 2026
- Where
- Bellville, Cape Town, Bellville Taxi Rank
- Status
- Reported