South Africa police say 15 killed in bar shooting in Soweto
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Two mass shootings in South Africa left at least 19 people killed and an unknown number of people injured late Saturday. Police say the shooters were "firing randomly."
By Manveena Suri, David McKenzie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least 14 people were killed and nine more injured in a shooting at a bar in the South African township of Soweto on Sunday, local authorities said.
The mass shooting also left more critically injured. Police have yet to determine the motive of the assailants but say evidence at the scene suggests it was a group of people who attacked.
South Africa police say a shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 14 people and left three others in critical condition. Gauteng province police commissioner Lt. Gen.
Nineteen people are dead after armed assailants randomly shot at patrons in two bars in South Africa in separate incidents denounced by the president as "unacceptable and worrying".
The mass shooting also left three critically injured. Police have yet to determine the motive of the assailants but say evidence at the scene suggests it was a group of people who attacked.
Gunmen opened fire in two bars in what appeared to be random shootings, police said. President Cyril Ramaphosa called for improving social and economic conditions to stem gun violence.
By Manveena Suri, David McKenzie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least 15 people have died after a shooting at a bar in the South African township of Soweto on Sunday, according to the country’s public broadcaster SABC. Several people were also injured, local authorities said.
Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the patrons at the bar shortly after midnight Sunday.
Police say recovered cartridges prove the shots were fired at random. South Africa is one of the world's most violent countries with 20,000 people murdered every year, one of the highest per-capita murder rates globally.
“You can see that a high caliber firearm was used and it was shooting randomly. You can see that every one of those people were struggling to get out of the tavern,” police said.
