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Tuesday 22 March 2011
Trio arrested for gang slayings LIAM MOSES
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hree men suspected of committing gangrelated murders were arrested at the weekend after the ongoing Lavender Hill gang war claimed another three lives last week.
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Two men, aged 23 and 24, were arrested on Friday for the murder of Edries Khan (22) Another 26-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for the murder of Thurlong Rudolph. Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut, SAPS provincial spokesman, said the police suspected that the matter was gang-related but would not go into any further detail. “We suspect that the matter is gang-related and we won’t say more than that,” Traut said yesterday. “The men have been charged with murder.” Traut would not say whether the victims or suspects were affiliated to any gangs. He could also not confirm whether the murders were an act of retaliation. Khan was killed on the evening of Monday 14 March in 11th Avenue, Retreat. Damian Malan was the second person killed this past week. Malan was shot in Lavender Hill on Tuesday 15 March. Traut would not confirm where exactly he was gunned down. The latest victim of the gang war, Thurlong Rudolph, was killed in Steenberg on Wednesday night. Traut said the victims were shot several times but could not say exactly how many times. “We do not want to sensationalise the shootings,” said Traut. “We want to sensationalise the arrests that were made by the police,” he told People’s Post. Both Khan and Rudolph were killed beyond the borders of Lavender Hill, sparking fears that the violence had spread to neighbouring areas of Retreat and Steenberg. Kevin Southgate, chairman of the Steenberg Community Police Forum, says the gang war has definitely spread out to neighbouring areas. Southgate said all of the murders could be linked to two warring gangs. “We are very concerned that the violence is spreading to Retreat,” said Southgate. “We had shootings in Retreat and Steenberg. The thing is that the prevalent gangs in the area are the Junky Funky Kids and the Corner Boys, and all these shootings are related to these gangs.” Southgate added that the police’s belief that the shootings were gang related, combined with his knowledge of the area and the community, meant he was certain that the incident was re-
lated to the ongoing gang war in Lavender Hill. “Judging by the fact that the police have indicated that it is gang related and the comments from the local community, I am quite sure that they are related and related to the two gangs.” The latest deaths brings the total number of fatalities in the Lavender Hill gang war to six in March alone. Shaquille Jacobs (15), Dale Jordaan (15) and Sergio Domingo (21) lost their lives during a gang shooting on 11 March. They were believed to be innocent bystanders. All three were killed in a driveby shooting that was believe to be a retaliation attack on the Corner PALL BEARERS: Sergio Domingo’s family carrying his coffin from Boys by the Junky Funky Kids. the hearse to the grave on Thursday. Domingo was shot dead The Junky Funky Kids and the in a gangrelated drive by on Friday 11 March in Lavender Hill. Corner boys have been at war Photo: Liam Moses since early 2010 and several people have been killed since then. be happening around us.” In May last year three men were killed at a William Domingo, 25, Sergio’s older brother, party in Overcome Heights. was the first to see Sergio’s body after he was Alleged Corner Boy Ganief Sonday was killed shot and said that he doesn’t feel safe in Lavenwhile sitting in his car in front of his Overcome der Hill any more. Heights home on Saturday 21 August. “I can’t feel safe in the area any more. Because During September, John-Ross Isaacs (18), who anyone who knows a gangster or lives near a is suspected by his family to have joined a local gangster is in danger,” said William. gang shortly before his death, was killed in a “And there are a lot of gangsters living all shootout between the police, the Junky Funky around us. The way things are now, we’ll have Kids and the Corner Boys. to keep looking over our shoulders. The rival Violence spread outside of Lavender Hill on gangsters aren’t really targeting each other. Thursday 11 March 2009 when Trevor Hay- They just want to make a point.” dricks (43) and Tersia du Plooy (19) were killed Jordaan’s funeral service was held at the Reoutside Haydrick’s home. treat AME church in 9th Avenue, Retreat. Haydricks is said to have been a shebeen ownBoth Jordaan and Domingo played soccer for er in Sixth Avenue, Retreat clubs which are part of the South Peninsula Community workers and residents all say the Football Association (SPFA). dispute between the gangs is about turf – where And the SPFA, together with the Cape Town the gangs can recruit new members and sell office of the South African Football Association drugs. (SAFA), helped to fund the funerals and provide Both Domingo and Jordaan were laid to rest logistical support. this past week at the Klip Road Cemetery. Vernon Seymour, spokesperson for the SPFA, Domingo’s service was held at St Mary’s said the league felt it was necessary to help the Catholic Church in Retreat Road. victim’s families in some way. At the funeral, Domingo’s mother, Portia, “We take the position that any member of our said her son was not a gangster and she didn't association is part of the football family,” said understand why he was killed. Seymour. “Therefore, the football family has a “I feel empty. He was my youngest son. No one moral obligation to provide support, be it financan understand how I feel,” said Portia Domin- cial or otherwise. We did in the past for other go. members.” “They took everything away from us. He Seymour added that the SPFA and SAFA had didn’t live like that so why should he have to approached the City of Cape Town and the Westdie like that? So many innocent people are get- ern Cape governments to set up a trust fund for ting killed like this. Things like this shouldn’t Jordaan’s mother.
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