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Nine Killed, Ten Wounded in Bekkersdal Tavern Attack Near Johannesburg

Police have deployed specialized units to hunt roughly a dozen suspects.

Overview

  • Police say the assailants arrived in a white kombi and a silver sedan before opening fire on patrons and people in the street.
  • Most of the attackers used pistols and one carried an AK-47, and victims were searched and robbed as the gunmen fled.
  • A driver for an online ride-hailing service is among the dead, and about ten injured victims were taken to hospital.
  • Authorities revised the initial death toll from 10 to nine and said the tavern held a valid license.
  • This is the second mass shooting at a drinking venue in two weeks after a hostel attack near Pretoria that killed about a dozen people, with motives in both cases not yet established.