Mayor mourns with family of slain Manenberg five-year-old, welcomes swift SAPS arrests

09 January 2025

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the City is in mourning together with the family of slain Manenberg five-year-old, Ameer Abrahams, in apparent gang crossfire while en route to a local tuckshop with his father. Two women also reportedly sustained injuries from shots fired. The City welcomes the swift action by SAPS to arrest three suspects and continues to offer its full support in the pursuit of justice for these shootings. Read more below:

‘The City is today in mourning together with the Abrahams family, following the passing of five-year-old Ameer. We feel the extreme pain as parents ourselves, and we stand with the family in demanding justice for this young life lost in such horrific circumstances. The City continues to offer our full support to SAPS, and we welcome the swift arrests made with the intention to pursue murder charges,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis.
 
‘We continue to assist SAPS and our SSIU has passed on information received from Manenberg residents. We will be monitoring court proceedings following the arrests of three suspects. The City stands ready to assist SAPS whenever requested for investigations into gang, gun, and drug crime through our investments in safety technologies such as gunshot detection in the Manenberg area and others, CCTV, Automatic Number Plate Recognition, and eye-in-the-sky aerial surveillance,’ said Alderman JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security.

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