US EditionMovie-Style Meyerton Ambush Leaves Six Basotho Dead as Police Arrest Three Assailants
Three suspects were arrested after an unprovoked shooting on a minibus carrying Lesotho nationals, killing six and injuring 18, police said.
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Six Lesotho nationals killed in shooting near Johannesburg
At least six Lesotho nationals died and several others were injured after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle near in South Africa on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place near the town of Meyerton, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Johannesburg. Lesotho nationals killed in a mass shooting Gauteng Police Deputy Commissioner Fred Kekana told reporters at the scene that the victims were travelling to Lesotho in a minibus. A group of …
Six killed in Meyerton shooting, three suspects arrested
Police have confirmed that six people have died after a shooting incident on the R59 in Meyerton on Tuesday afternoon. Three suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting. Minibus ambushed en route to Lesotho Addressing the media at the scene on Tuesday evening, deputy provincial police commissioner Major-General Fred Kekana said a white Nissan Juke accosted a minibus travelling from Park Station in Johannesburg to Lesotho. “They starte…
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Three suspects have been arrested following a mass shooting incident on R59 near Meyerton, south of Johannesburg. Police have confirmed that six people where shot and killed after the minibus they were travelling in was ambushed by a group of suspects. According to police, the victims as well as the suspects were Lesotho nationals. The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are still unclear at this stage. Gauteng Police Deputy Commissione…
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