Mass Shooting at a Bar in Soweto, South Africa

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The incident unfolded shortly after midnight, when a group of men armed with rifles and 9-millimeter pistols entered the bar in the...

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Police said 23 people were shot in the establishment — 12 died at the scene and 11 were rushed to a nearby hospital with injuries...

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Police say that the suspects are still on the run, and they have asked anyone who saw them come forward...

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Mawela said the police are yet to determine details on the motive or why the people at the tavern were targeted...

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South African Police Service (SAPS) officers set up a perimeter around a crime scene while pathologists check it out...

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In a separate shooting incident in a bar in Sweetwaters in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday evening, four other people were also killed...

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The Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, said in a statement that at least 12 people...

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As with the shooting in Soweto, police said the suspects were still on the run and a manhunt was in progress...

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In the wake of the violence, the South African National Civic Organisation in Gauteng called on the government to reinforce...

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