At least 27 dead in two mass shootings in South Africa, police say

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Two mass shooting incidents in South Africa's Johannesburg and Cape Town areas resulted in at least 27 deaths and several injuries. The attacks involved armed suspects firing at a township bar and a store, illustrating ongoing security challenges in the region.

Seventeen people killed at township bar near Johannesburg and 10 killed in separate incident at store near Cape Town, officers say Two separate mass shootings near South Africa’s two biggest cities killed at least 27 people, police have said. The South African police service said on Sunday that 17 people had been 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. Continue reading...