olice minister bheki cele has vowed to beef up security and deploy more police officers at the philippi east police station in lower crossroads in a quest to fight crime in the area. he visited the area on monday 8 july following the brutal murder of 11 people over the weekend. he also visited the families and relatives of the deceased before attending a community meeting at the philippi east community hall. according to unconfirmed reports, at least more than 20 people have been killed in gang--related violence in the area since last month. cele urged the residents to cooperate with the police in order for the culprits to be arrested. “the national police commissioner general khehla sithole will deploy police officers and members of tactic response team (trt) within 24 hours as from now. “we want the community to open their doors when the police are knocking because if they don’t want to open it the police will do so,” said cele. on tuesday 9 july cele held a meeting with ministers of basic education, justice and correctional service, social development, defence and military veterans and in