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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88143, member: 27"] Three people got gunned down in a Mitchells Plain home by masked attackers, and a 15-year-old girl barely survived the ambush. The Rocklands shooting breakdown [LIST] [*]Sadia Madatt, Abubaker Alexander, and one unidentified man died. [*]Masked gunmen in a grey vehicle struck around 4:50 pm. [*]Sadia's father was a slain Americans gang leader. [*]Her teenage daughter caught a bullet but should recover. [/LIST] Investigation status right afterward [LIST] [*]Colonel Andre Traut confirmed zero arrests so far. [*]Anti-Gang Unit detectives grabbed the case immediately. [*]Ballistic testing on recovered cartridges is underway. [*]Tips go to Crime Stop at 08600 10111. [/LIST] Cape Flats violence by the numbers [LIST] [*]Western Cape logged 1,157 murders from October to December 2025. [*]Mitchells Plain alone racked up 121 killings in nine months. [*]472 children under 17 were murdered over five years there. [*]Gang-linked hits account for one in four homicides. [/LIST] Recent massacre sprees [LIST] [*]Forty-seven people died across multiple suburbs in one February week. [*]Late-December-to-mid-January carnage hit 58 gang-related murders. [*]A November 2025 Viscount Street shooting killed a nine-year-old boy. [*]Daily murder averages exceed 13 across the Western Cape. [/LIST] Military deployment and political response [LIST] [*]President Ramaphosa greenlit SANDF troops for gang-plagued provinces. [*]Police Minister Sello Cachalia confirmed rollout has started partially. [*]Provincial leaders want policing powers devolved to local government. [*]Hard Livings gang tags still litter the walls in Tafelsig. [/LIST] Community frustration boils over [LIST] [*]Mitchells Plain United Residents Association condemned the attack sharply. [*]Youth unemployment and school dropouts keep feeding gang recruitment. [*]Families lock doors early and keep kids off certain streets. [*]Residents demand better youth programs and real economic investment. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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