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South Africa Twin Mass Shooting: Atleast 27 killed and 26 injured
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- Sep 27, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC
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South Africa has struggled with violent crime for years, but recent shooting incidents have shocked a country used to some of the highest homicide rates in the world.
Seventeen people were killed in a shooting at a bar to the west of Johannesburg, while 10 people were fatally shot in an attack outside of Cape Town, police said.
Two separate mass shootings in South Africa kill at least 27, with 17 dead in Wedela and 10 in Lwandle, as police hunt suspects.