Overview
- South African police confirm 25 people were shot, with 11 dead and 14 hospitalized after the early-morning attack in Atteridgeville.
- Three minors are among the dead: a three-year-old boy, a 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.
- The gunfire erupted inside a property operating as an illegal shebeen at the Saulsville Hostel.
- Investigators believe at least three assailants opened fire randomly around 4:15 a.m., and officers were only alerted at about 6:00 a.m.
- Forensic and ballistics experts and the Serious and Violent Crime Unit are on site as a manhunt continues, with police highlighting ongoing action against unlicensed liquor outlets.