South Africa Hunts Gunmen After 31 Die in 3 Shootings
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Updated · CNN · Sep 27
South Africa Hunts Gunmen After 31 Die in 3 Shootings
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Sep 27
Summary
At least 31 people were killed in three separate shootings overnight in South Africa, prompting police manhunts in Gauteng and Western Cape with no arrests announced.
Seventeen victims died and 15 were wounded in Wedela outside Johannesburg after eight men armed with pistols and AK-47s opened fire outside a tavern, then went inside and kept shooting before fleeing in two vehicles.
Ten more people were killed at an entertainment venue in Lwandle, where police said a business rivalry may have been the motive, while four others died in Khayelitsha and investigators have not established a motive there.
The attacks add to concern over rising mass shootings in South Africa, where police say an average of 58 people were murdered each day from January through March.