Gunmen stormed a home in South Africa and killed 10 members of the identical household – seven of them girls – police have mentioned.
The taking pictures happened within the metropolis of Pietermaritzburg within the japanese KwaZulu-Natal province on Friday.
Police responded to a report of gunshots early within the morning.
“After they attended to the scene, they discovered 10 members of 1 household have been shot and fatally wounded in one of many properties,” South African information web site News24 quoted police spokesman Brigadier Jay Naicker as saying.
It’s believed two gunmen entered the property and opened hearth on the household, he mentioned.
“The motive for the killings is unknown,” he added.
Mabhungu Mkhize, an area councillor, advised information channel SABC Information: “A household was attacked whereas they have been sleeping.”
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South Africa, which has a inhabitants of 60 million, has one of many world’s highest homicide charges, with round 20,000 recorded yearly.
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Final 12 months, 15 individuals died in a mass shooting at a bar within the Johannesburg township of Soweto when a gaggle of armed males opened hearth on prospects.