Public order cops deployed to Riversdale, Southern Cape, after deadly attacks

CAPE TOWN - Public Order Police officers have been deployed to Riversdale in the Southern Cape, following recent deadly attacks.

Last weekend, a 25-year-old Egyptian man was killed in the town.

On Tuesday, a 33-year-old man was also killed in what police believe to be a retaliation attack.

Twelve people, including four Egyptian nationals, have been arrested for the Tuesday murder.

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The group is accused of assaulting people at a house on Van Riebeeck Street, in Riversdale, and stealing cell phones and a TV from the house.

They were later arrested in different locations around Riversdale, and some as far as Mossel Bay, which is about 80 kilometres away.

They appeared in the Riversdale Magistrates Court on Friday on murder, kidnapping, and house robbery charges.

The matter has been postponed to next Wednesday for a formal bail application.