22 People Killed In Overnight Shootings In South Africa

22 People Killed In Overnight Shootings In South Africa
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It has been a sad weekend in South Africa as the South African Police have openly confirmed that over 14 people have been killed in a Nomzamo Park tavern in Soweto.

Nine people are also currently in hospital due to multiple injuries sustained during the unprecedented attack.

Orlando police station commander Brigadier Nonhlanhla Kubeka said investigations are still taking place at the scene and more information will be released soon.

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In another incident in which took place in another part of town, over four people have been killed while another eight are in critical condition after yet another tavern shooting, which had occurred in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala told News24 that the four were killed around 20:30 on Saturday at a tavern in Sweet Waters.

The incident follows a shooting just after midnight on Sunday in Soweto where 14 people were shot and killed in Nomzamo Park tavern. Nine people are currently in hospital due to multiple injuries sustained.

Both incidents come after the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy, a shebeen in East London, Eastern Cape, where 21 people died on 26 June.

Two people were killed, and four others were wounded in another tavern shooting in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni at the weekend.

“It is reported that four men, of which one of them was armed with 9mm pistols entered the tavern and started shooting randomly at patrons,” Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello said.

Sello said two died on the scene and four others were transported to hospital.

In another report, at least two people were on Saturday killed and at least 21 others wounded in shootings near bars in central Oslo that police were treating as a ‘terrorist attack’.

Police said a suspect had been arrested following the shootings, which occurred around 1:00 am (2300 GMT Friday) in three locations, including a gay bar, close together in the centre of the Norwegian capital.

“The police are investigating the events as a terrorist attack,” police said in a statement.

A Pride march that was due to take place in the capital on Saturday afternoon was called off following the violence in the normally tranquil city.

 

Africa Daily News, New York

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