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Unknown gunmen have shot dead three shop owners and wounded three of their shop assistants in a shop attack in Cape Town in South Africa.

Two of the dead have been confirmed to be Somalis in origin while the other one found to be Eithiopian, according to Hiraan online.

Some of the deceased have been named as Hussein Mahamud Arale and Mahad Mahamud while Aweys Mahamud Issa, Mahamud Ahmed Abdile and Shire Alasow Abdule are said to be injured.

The reports add that the armed raiders might have been targeting something to rob in their attack.

Somali community in some parts of South Africa complains of being living in fears in the country.

Police have not yet to make any arrest in their investigations.

Somalis have been fleeing their country since 1991after devastating civil war hit their country.