US EditionSouth African police continue arrests after mass shooting at a pub
Police arrested 11 suspects, including foreign nationals, and seized unlicensed firearms after a mass shooting at KwaNoxolo tavern killed 10, amid ongoing investigations into illegal mining links.
- On Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, about 12 unidentified gunmen in two vehicles opened fire at the KwaNoxolo tavern in the Tambo section of Bekkersdal, killing nine and wounding 10.
- Local leaders, including Nontombi Molatlhegi, Deputy Executive Mayor of Rand West Municipality, say the community links the killings to zama-zama activity in abandoned mine shafts surrounding Bekkersdal.
- Police arrested 11 suspects, including nine Lesotho nationals, one Mozambican and a South African mineworker, and seized unlicensed firearms including four handguns and an AK-47.
- On Tuesday the death toll rose to 10 and Gauteng provincial police told victims' families that two potential suspects have been identified as part of an ongoing manhunt.
- The attack is the second mass shooting in recent weeks in Gauteng amid rising local crime, with officials calling for military intervention and noting over 26,000 homicides in 2024.
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South African police have arrested eleven suspects in connection with the shooting at a cafe last Sunday. Nine people were killed. The shooting occurred in Bekkersdal, near Johannesburg. According to the BBC, nine of the suspects are from Lesotho, one from South Africa, and one from Mozambique. The British broadcaster reports that a conflict likely arose between groups of illegal miners. Police said Sunday that people were also shot at random. O…
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AftenpostenEleven people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a mass shooting in South Africa on Sunday, reports the BBC.
South African police have arrested 11 suspects in connection with a shooting at a bar that killed nine people last weekend, believed to be linked to a war over illegal mining areas.
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