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South Africa hostel shooting leaves 11 dead, including 3 children
- On Saturday, gunmen stormed a hostel in Saulsville, Atteridgeville in Pretoria, killing at least 11 people including a three-year-old child.
- Police say the incident took place at a home used as an informal tavern at around 04:00–04:15, with officers alerted only at 06:00.
- Police spokeswoman Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said `I can confirm that a total of 25 people were shot`, and 14 were hospitalised following the incident.
- Authorities mobilised forensic, ballistic and detective teams and say at least three unknown gunmen entered and started shooting; the motive is unknown and no arrests have been made.
- The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings in South Africa, a country of 63 million grappling with organised networks and widespread illegal firearms.
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Armed assailants burst into an illegal tavern housed within a hostel in Pretoria's Saulsville township early Saturday morning, unleashing a hail of bullets that claimed 11 lives—including three young children
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