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Two mass shootings in South Africa kill 27 as police hunt suspects
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- Sep 27, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC
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Nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings over the weekend in South Africa.
Gang violence and organized crime remain rife in South Africa, despite government efforts to curb one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world.
Seventeen people killed near Johannesburg in suspected ‘illegal goldmining turf war’, as 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape Town