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The Western Cape Health and Wellness Department says it is “shocked and heartbroken” following a fatal shooting that has claimed two lives inside the New Somerset Hospital in Cape Town.

A picture of bullets, a gun and police tape.

It has also conveyed its sincere condolences to the families that have lost relatives during the incident.Police say a man allegedly took the firearm of a police official and fired several shots. Spokesperson, Novela Potelwa says Sea Point Police had taken a 35-year-old suspect to the hospital for medical attention when the incident occurred.

Two patients were shot dead and a police constable seriously injured in the head after a man in the hospital grabbed a his firearm. The incident is under investigation.

 

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