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South Africa shootings kill 27 near major cities
BBC News··27 Sept
Twenty-seven people were killed in two mass shootings hours apart in South Africa, police said on September 27. Seventeen died when eight gunmen attacked a bar near Johannesburg on Saturday evening, with 15 injured. Ten more were killed and 11 injured outside an entertainment venue near Cape Town early Sunday. Police reported no arrests in either case by Sunday morning.
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What It Means For You
- Johannesburg-area victims included thirteen men and four women, police told BBC.
- In Cape Town, five died at the scene and five later in hospital.
- Maj Gen Fred Kekana said the Johannesburg attack may relate to a prior incident that killed one person.
What's Happening
- BBC said gunmen opened fire outside the Johannesburg bar, continued inside and torched two vehicles.
- The Hindu said the Johannesburg attack was in Wedela township and the Cape Town shooting in Lwandle.
- The Hindu dated the Cape Town shooting around 1 a.m. Sunday.
The wider gun-violence pattern
- The shootings came days after 11 people were killed in a Durban-area house attack.
- BBC said South Africa records about 60 murders a day in a country of 62 million.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier called organised crime the most immediate threat to democracy and development.
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