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Pretoria Hostel Shooting Kills 12, Including Three Children

Police are hunting three suspects in a pre-dawn attack at an illegal shebeen inside a hostel.

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Riot police line up as they confront members of the anti-immigration vigilante group known as Operation Dudula, which means "push back" in Zulu confronting police officers during a protest near the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on November 22, 2025, during the opening of the G20 Leaders' Summit. Operation Dudula is protesting against the South African government turning a blind eye to corruption, joblessness, rising crime, illegal immigration and failing public services. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee / AFP via Getty Images)

Overview

  • SAPS says 25 people were shot at the Saulsville hostel, with the death toll rising to 12 and 13 others in hospital.
  • Victims include a 3-year-old boy, a 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, with the motive still unknown.
  • The attack occurred around 4:15–4:30 a.m., and police were only alerted at about 6 a.m., according to officials.
  • Forensic and ballistics teams and the Serious and Violent Crime Unit are investigating as a manhunt continues for three gunmen.
  • Local reports say the injured owner of the illegal bar is the mother of two of the child victims, and President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the killings.