JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fireplace on individuals sitting in a tavern in South Africa’s largest township of Soweto within the early hours of Sunday, killing 14 and wounding one other 9, police stated.
Police stated in an announcement that shortly after midnight, “a bunch of males armed with rifles and 9mm pistols entered the tavern and began taking pictures randomly on the patrons who had been sitting inside.”
Police stated a hunt was on to seek out the perpetrators.
(Reporting by Tim Cocks; Modifying by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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