US EditionSouth Africa hostel shooting leaves 11 dead, including 3 children
Three gunmen opened fire at an illegal shebeen in Saulsville township, killing 11 including three children, with 14 hospitalized, amid ongoing investigations and no arrests made.
- 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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Twelve people were killed and 25 shot after gunmen burst into an unlicensed tavern near South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, early Saturday morning and began randomly shooting patrons, the police said. The police were still investigating the motive for the shooting and were searching for three unknown assailants, Brig. Athlenda Mathe, a spokeswoman for the South African Police Service, said in an interview. Three minors were killed, the youngest 3 …
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