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Two separate mass shootings kill 27 in South Africa
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- Sep 27, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC
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Nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings over the weekend in South Africa.
The two attacks hours apart come as the country struggles to stop high levels of gang-related armed violence.
Seventeen people killed near Johannesburg in suspected ‘illegal goldmining turf war’, as 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape Town