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At least 30 dead in separate shootings in South Africa
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- Sep 27, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC
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Seventeen people killed near Johannesburg in suspected ‘illegal goldmining turf war’, as 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape Town
Eight gunmen with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at patrons at a bar in the first of two separate mass shootings in South African townships in the space of a few hours that left at least 27 people dead, police said. No arrests have been made in the two shootings.
These were the latest deadly incidents at bars or taverns in a nation with one of the world’s highest murder rates.