{"id":30116,"date":"2025-12-07T04:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=30116"},"modified":"2025-12-07T04:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:04:36","slug":"at-least-11-killed-in-south-africa-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/12\/07\/at-least-11-killed-in-south-africa-mass-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 11 killed in South Africa mass shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 11 people \u2013 including a three-year-old child \u2013 have been killed in a mass shooting at a hostel in South Africa.<\/b><\/p>\n

Fourteen others were wounded when gunmen stormed the venue in Saulsville township, west of the capital Pretoria, early on Saturday.<\/p>\n

At least three unknown gunmen began firing “randomly” at a group of people who were drinking, police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said.<\/p>\n

The motive of the shooting is unknown and no arrests have been made. It is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have rocked the crime-ridden country in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The gunmen reportedly entered the premise at 04:30 local time (02:30 GMT) and opened fire on a group of men who were drinking. A 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were among those killed in the attack.<\/p>\n

“I can confirm that a total of 25 people were shot,” Mathe said.<\/p>\n

Describing the hostel as an “illegal shebeen”, she added: “We are having a serious challenge when it comes to these illegal and unlicensed liquor premises,” where she said the majority of mass shootings occur.<\/p>\n

“Innocent people also get caught up in the crossfire,” she told public broadcaster SABC.<\/p>\n

In a major crackdown, police shut down 12,000 such premises outlets between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people across the country.<\/p>\n

South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, at 45 people per 100,000 according to 2023-24 figures from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.<\/p>\n

Some 63 people were killed every day between April and September, according to police data.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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