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A gunman killed astatine slightest 10 radical and wounded 10 others successful an onslaught astatine a township extracurricular Johannesburg, constabulary said Sunday, successful the second wide shooting successful South Africa this month.
The motive for the onslaught successful Bekkersdal, 25 miles southwest of the city, was not clear, constabulary told Agence France-Press.
"Some victims were randomly changeable successful the streets by chartless gunmen," a constabulary connection said.
"Ten radical are dead. We don't person a breakdown of who they are," Brigadier Brenda Muridili, constabulary spokesperson for Gauteng province, told AFP.
The shooting took spot adjacent a tavern oregon informal barroom successful Bekkersdal, an impoverished country adjacent immoderate of South Africa's large golden mines.
The wounded were taken to hospital, constabulary said.
On Dec. 6, gunmen stormed a hostel adjacent the superior Pretoria, sidesplitting a twelve radical including a three-year-old child.
Police said the shooting was astatine a tract that was illegally selling alcohol.
South Africa, location to 63 cardinal people, suffers from a precocious transgression rate, including 1 of the highest execution rates successful the world.
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