Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 28 dead
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gunmen torched vehicles as they fled the scene of a mass shooting at bar near Johannesburg BySean Seddon and Thuthuka ZondiReporting fromJohannesburgUpdated 5 hours agoTwenty-eight people have been killed in two mass shootings hours apart in South Africa, the latest gun violence to hit the country.
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Armed security forces were deployed to the scene of a mass shooting in Cape Town on Sunday morningIllegal weapons are prevalent in South Africa and gun violence has been a persistent problem for decades, with about 60 murders recorded every day in the country of 62 million.
Gauteng Police Commissioner Lt Gen Tommy Mthombeni said people from Ethiopia and Lesotho were among those caught up in the shooting, but that the vast majority were South African.
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