Police flooded a Cape Town informal settlement on Saturday after 11 people were shot dead.

“We have deployed teams comprising specialist detectives‚ high-risk units and intelligence operatives. We have already executed search operations that are set to continue throughout the day‚” said police spokeswoman Brigadier Novela Potelwa.

The killings took place on Friday night in at least three locations in Marikana‚ east of Cape Town International Airport in Philippi‚ where about 60‚000 people have set up home after land invasions that began in 2013.