At least 27 killed in two South African mass shootings, police say
Police in South Africa said two separate mass shootings near Johannesburg and Cape Town killed at least 27 people. Seventeen people were killed at a bar in Wedela township, south-west of Johannesburg, while 10 died in a separate incident at a store near Cape Town, according to the reported account.
Two separate mass shootings near South Africa’s two biggest cities killed at least 27 people, police said.
The South African police service said 17 people were killed on Saturday night when eight suspects armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township, south-west of Johannesburg. At least 15 other people sustained gunshot injuries in that attack, police said.
A separate shooting near Cape Town killed 10 people, according to the reported account.
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