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Two mass shootings kill at least 27 people in South Africa
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- Sep 27, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC
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Two mass shootings hours apart near South Africa’s two largest cities killed at least 27 people, police said
On Saturday night, there were separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities.
Seventeen people killed near Johannesburg in suspected ‘illegal goldmining turf war’, as 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape Town