Police launch manhunt after Durban North mass shooting

Police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who shot at five people, killing one and injuring three others, at a house on Adelaide Tambo Road (Kensington Drive) in Durban North.

The shooting occurred yesterday afternoon, and law enforcement, as well as several paramedics services, responded to the incident just after 15:00.

According to KZN provincial spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda, the alleged shooter is of ‘Asian origin’.

“Four foreign women of Asian origin were reportedly sitting in one room of their rented house when a male companion, also of Asian origin, arrived, and the women reportedly asked him to give them a lift to the nearby shopping centre.

“When the women and their male friend were getting inside the vehicle, another man, also of the same nationality as the rest of them, emerged from inside the house and fired shots. One woman sustained fatal gunshot wounds and was declared dead at the scene whereas the other women were rushed to hospital in a critical condition,” he says.

Netshiunda confirms the male companion escaped unharmed.

“Investigations are underway to establish the motive of the shooting as well as the relations between the suspect and the victims.”