South Africa: 11 killed, 14 injured after mass shooting in Pretoria

The number of people killed in a deadly shooting incident in Pretoria on Saturday has risen to 11 the South African Police Service SAPS has confirmed The incident took place at Saulsville Hostel in Atteridgeville west of Pretoria early Saturday25 shot 11 confirmed dead 14 survivors and all are in hospital The South African Police Service has launched a manhunt for three unknown suspects Three minors are among those deceased which include 3 and 12 yearold boys 16yearold female The rest of those deceased are adults The incident happened at an illegal shebeen read a statement issued by the SAPSAccording the local media the incident occurred just after 415 am but police were only alerted around 6 amWe immediately mobilised our resources including forensic and ballistics experts who were already at the scene Our detectives and the Serious and Violent Crime Unit are piecing together information on what may have led to this shooting the countrys leading media outlet Independent Online IOL quoted SAPS national spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe as sayingCiting Mathes statement the IOL reported that at least three unknown gunmen entered the hostel where a group of people were drinking and began shooting randomlyThe SAPS spokesperson also highlighted the massive challenges being posed by illegal and unlicensed liquor premisesBetween April and September this year we shut down 11975 unlicensed liquor outlets nationwide and arrested more than 18676 people found selling liquor illegally the official was quoted as saying by the IOLLast month seven men were killed in a mass shooting in Cape Town Western Cape Province of South AfricaThe incident occurred on Road R53 in Philippi East a suburb in Cape Towns Cape Flats area where seven men aged between 20 and 30 were fatally shot in what authorities described as a senseless act of violenceAfter Joburg Cape Town has also seen a surge in gun violence and gangrelated killings in recent months prompting warnings from civil society that the Western Cape Province of which Cape Town is the capital city is facing a fullblown crisisIn September mounting gun violence in Cape Town which had claimed at least a dozen lives across the metropolis in over one week prompted the local government to shut down selected minibus taxi routes for 30 days Xinhua news agency had reportedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever