South Africa- Child among 10 family members killed in South Africa shooting, JOHANNESBURG, 21 April 2023

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''JOHANNESBURG — Ten members of the same family, seven of them female and at least one of them a child, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said Friday.
A male suspect was killed in a shootout with police hours after and two men were arrested. A fourth suspect escaped but his identity is known and he is being sought, Police Minister Bheki Cele said.''

Cele, who was at the scene, said police confronted four men on a street about a mile from the house where the mass shooting occurred and the men shot at officers.

“Police shot back, killed one, injured one, who is arrested, and one is arrested uninjured. One has run away,” Cele said. “Fortunately they know who ran away.”

The suspect who was killed was “notorious” and linked to other crimes in the area, Cele said, although he didn’t offer a motive for the mass shooting.

The scene at the house where the 10 were killed was “terrible,” Cele said.''

 

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South Africa shooting: 10 members of same family killed 'while they were sleeping'

The shooting took place in the city of Pietermaritzburg in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. The motive for the killings is unknown.

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''Gunmen stormed a house in South Africa and killed 10 members of the same family - seven of them women - police have said.''

''It is believed two gunmen entered the property and opened fire on the family, he said.
"The motive for the killings is unknown," he added.
Mabhungu Mkhize, a local councillor, told news channel SABC News: "A family was attacked while they were sleeping."

Gunmen ambush family in South African homestead, kill 10

Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing 10 people, police said on Friday.

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Residents look on at the scene of a deadly mass shooting near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

''JOHANNESBURG, April 21 (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing 10 people, police said.

Police did not give a motive for the shooting.

Seven women and three men were killed, the police ministry said in a statement.

South Africa has one of the world's highest murder rates, with about 20,000 murders recorded every year out of a population of 60 million.''