The two attacks hours apart come as the country struggles to stop high levels of gang-related armed violence.
BBC News – World Seventeen people killed at bar near Johannesburg and 10 killed in separate incident at store near Cape Town 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 were killed on Saturday night when eight suspects armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township, south-wes…
BBC News – World The shootings killed more than 30 people over the weekend amid a recent spate of violence.
Sky News – Front Page At least 27 people have been killed in two separate mass shootings within hours of each other in South Africa.
NPR – World On Saturday night, there were separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities.
NYTimes – World These were the latest deadly incidents at bars or taverns in a nation with one of the world’s highest murder rates.
Seventeen people killed at bar near Johannesburg and 10 killed in separate incident at store near Cape Town 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 were killed on Saturday night when eight suspects armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township, south-wes…
Seventeen people were killed in a shooting at a bar to the west of Johannesburg, while 10 people were fatally shot in an attack outside of Cape Town, police said.
Sky News – World Four days after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, Pope Leo left hospital in Rome. His doctors said he was well enough to return home.
BBC News – World On Friday, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank during the annual olive harvest, setting fire to cars and trees, throwing stones, and beating residents. Washington Post freelance photographer Heidi Levine, a U.S. photojournalist, was among those injured. Reporters Without Borders condemned the assault as "brazen violence."
BBC News – World A Mexican judge sentenced three Mexican men to 158 years and nine months in prison each for the 2024 murders of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad. The surfers were killed during a surfing trip in Mexico's Baja California in what was described as an apparent botched robbery. The men were found guilty a week before sentencing.
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