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Families need help with tombstones for Lusikisiki shooting victims

October 5, 2024
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Families need help with tombstones for Lusikisiki shooting victims

Relatives of the 18 victims of last weekend’s devastating mass shooting in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, are urgently appealing for public assistance.

The tragedy occurred in Ngobozana village, claiming 17 lives at the scene and another in hospital.

As the families struggle financially, spokesperson Monwabisi Sinqina reached out to TimesLIVE, requesting help to provide dignified tombstones for their loved ones.

“I have just come out of a meeting with government officials to discuss what assistance the state could provide. We had requested help to hold a memorial service and to construct the graves. Even though we have funeral policies for some of the deceased, we cannot provide tombstones for all of them,” said Sinqina.

“We want to give the graves a brick finish and a tombstone. We can’t provide tombstones for a few and leave the rest. I do not have the financial means to do so. We were hoping for government assistance, but the officials made it clear that the state would not be able to help [prepare] the graves.

“Government officials said they were still negotiating with undertakers regarding coffins for those without funeral cover.

“We are appealing to South Africans to help us bury the deceased with dignity,” he said.

“If we bury them without tombstones, we will be unable to identify the graves after a year. We have seen companies build on unmarked graves and we do not want that to happen to these deceased.”

President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed “his deep condolences to the families”.

“I feel deeply for all the families and members of the broader community affected by this attack and on behalf of all of us as South Africans, I offer you our deepest sympathies,” he said in a statement. “While we are united in our grief, we are also united in our outrage and condemnation of this excessive criminal assault which will not go unpunished.

“The SA Police Service has proven its effectiveness in dealing with random and organised crime and I am confident the Lusikisiki case will be added to the successes recorded recently by our police service.

“Community members should therefore feel free to provide investigators with information that can help police apprehend the attackers and prepare a watertight case for our courts to process. We will not allow criminals to prevail.”

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