Some gunmen reportedly killed 10 members of a family on Friday, in Imbali, a township south of Pietermaritzburg in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. According to Reuters, in the latest mass shooting, police said seven women and three men were fatally wounded in the incident. “According to initial police reports, unknown gunmen stormed a Pietermaritzburg homestead and ambushed the family,” police spokeswoman Lirandzu Themba said in a statement. The motive for the killing was not immediately clear.
According to Reuters, in the latest mass shooting, police said seven women and three men were fatally wounded in the incident.
Some gunmen reportedly killed 10 members of a family on Friday, in Imbali, a township south of Pietermaritzburg in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. According to Reuters, in the latest mass shooting, police said seven women and three men were fatally wounded in the incident. “According to initial police reports, unknown gunmen stormed a Pietermaritzburg homestead and ambushed the family,” police spokeswoman Lirandzu Themba said in a statement.Mass shootings are relatively common in South Africa, which has one of the world’s highest murder rates.Ward councillor Mabhungu Mkhize confirmed the incident and said the community is in shock, noting that he received a call just after 4 am alerting him to the shooting.
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