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Death toll in South Africa bar shooting rises to 18, police say
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- Sep 28, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC
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South Africa is awash with legal and illegal firearms, and shootings are common, often fuelled by gang rivalry, extortion and competition between informal businesses.
South African authorities have raised the death toll from two weekend mass shootings to 28 after another victim died in hospital. South Africa has long faced violent crime, but Saturday night's...
The death toll in a mass shooting in a South African tavern has risen to 18 after one person died in the hospital, police said yesterday, announcing at least two of the dead were Lesotho nationals. The shooting west of Johannesburg on Saturday was part of a bloody weekend in the crime-weary country,