/ 5 April 1999

Cape gang leader murdered

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 8.00am.

THE leader of the Americans gang on the Cape Flats was shot dead on Sunday after a car chase in Mitchells Plain.

Glen Kahn — who has survived several previous attempts on his life — was followed by gunmen in three cars who opened fire with automatic rifles, firing nine bullets into his body. An associate, Jason Swarts, was also shot dead, with five bullets.

The shootings are the latest in a string of attacks on Cape Flats gang leaders in recent weeks.