Manhunt underway after twelve killed in mass shooting in Johannesburg
At least 12 people have been killed and nine injured in a mass shooting near Johannesburg, police said on Wednesday.
A manhunt is underway for more than 10 suspects that police believe were dropped off in a white Toyota Quantum late on Tuesday night, before fleeing in the same vehicle after carrying out the attack.
Another nine people were injured in the attack on an informal settlement in Cleveland, the motive for which is still unknown.
Eight men and three women were killed in the attack, police said. Eleven of them died at the scene and the 12th died in the hospital.
Informal settlements in South Africa are unplanned residential areas usually made up of shacks or similar structures.
South Africa has one of the world’s highest murder rates, averaging about 60 a day.
“It is alleged that more than 10 suspects were dropped off by a white Toyota Quantum near a petrol station in Cleveland,” the police statement reads.
“The suspects allegedly entered the informal settlement through both entrances and moved through the area, opening fire on residents and community members at multiple locations before fleeing the scene in the same vehicle.”
Local officers responded to a “complaint of shooting in progress” at around 11:10pm local time on Tuesday (10:20pm BST).
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