Overview
- Police say the gunmen struck around 4:15–4:30 a.m. local time, and officers were only alerted near 6:00.
- SAPS reports 25 people were shot, with 10 dying at the scene and two more later in hospital.
- Three minors — a 3-year-old boy, a 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl — are among those killed.
- Forensic and ballistics specialists and the Serious and Violent Crime Unit are investigating motive, with no arrests announced.
- Authorities cite illegal liquor outlets as recurring crime hotspots, noting nearly 11,975 closures and over 18,600 related arrests between April and September, and President Ramaphosa has condemned the killings.