The sole surviving victim of the massacre at a gay brothel in Cape Town last week, was in a stable condition in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Monday, a hospital official said.
Representative Belinda Jacobs said the man, whose identity has not been released, was not being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). ”He is not well yet and I don’t know how long he will remain in hospital,” Jacobs said. The patient is under police guard.
On Friday night the ninth victim, Gregory Berghaus (43) died in the hospital’s ICU.
The nine victims were all tied up and shot in the back of the head at Sizzlers brothel. Most of them had their throats slit.
The identities of all but one of the victims have been released. Police representative Superintendent Neville Malila said police knew the identity of the one victim but were still tracing his next of kin.
Malila denied a Cape Town morning report on Monday that police would be posting a substantial reward for information on the whereabouts of four men seen leaving the crime scene in a BMW last Monday.
Malila said no decision had yet been taken on whether to offer a reward. He added that in terms of the investigation there was ”nothing new”.
”Detectives are working flat out on the case and the investigation is continuing.” – Sapa