(Cape Town, South Africa)  Cape Town's gay community is planning a Saturday memorial service for the victim's of this week's massacre at a gay massage.

Eight men were brutally murdered and two others were critically wounded by four men at Sizzlers a gay massage parlor. The victims were gagged and bound with duct tape then shot and their throats slit.

Gays from across South Africa are expected at the memorial where they will join with sex trade workers and members of the African National Congress.  

Meanwhile, the first funeral, that of  56-year-old Aubrey Otgaar the owner of Sizzlers was held Thursday.

Police have now identified the other victims, all from poor rural towns. Their families are traveling to Cape Town to identify the bodies.

Two men wounded in the attack on Monday remain in Groote Schuur Hospital under police guard for their protection.  The two are the only witnesses police have to the violence.

Police have released a description of the killers. Police spokesperson Captain Etienne Terblanche said they are looking for four white males who were driving an old, white 3-series BMW.

Terblanche says one of the suspects had a tattoo of a curled-up snake on his upper left arm, and the words "fast gun" tattooed on his right wrist.

His hair was reddish, probably bleached, and he wore a goatee. The second suspect was a thin man with a fair complexion who had a habit of sniffing.

The third suspect was tall and well-built with a shaven head and was possibly a body builder, while the fourth was also described as well-built.

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