Ten killed as two rural Eastern Cape villages come under attack

Ten people were shot dead in two villages in the Bhityi area, near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, on Wednesday night.

Three were killed at Thantseka village near Bumbane.

Traditional leader Nkosi Mfundo Mtirara said seven others were killed in Qunu.

Bhityi and Qunu are 13km apart.

“It is believed the attack first started at Thantseka at about 8pm on Wednesday and later it was here at Qunu. The shooting incident at Qunu happened at about 11.40pm. All the seven bodies were in one house and this suggested that they are of one family,” Mtirara said.