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Gunmen shoot dead 12 near Johannesburg: S.African police
Key takeaways
- The shootings happened before midnight on Tuesday in an impoverished area of metal shacks near where illegal miners were living, police said.
- Around 10 attackers were driven to the Jumpers settlement and dropped off before storming the area, a police spokeswoman said.
- “Preliminary investigations reveal that 12 people died as a result of the attack,” Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: Gunmen stormed an informal settlement near Johannesburg and shot dead 12 people overnight, South African police said Wednesday, in the latest mass shooting in the country.
The shootings happened before midnight on Tuesday in an impoverished area of metal shacks near where illegal miners were living, police said.
Around 10 attackers were driven to the Jumpers settlement and dropped off before storming the area, a police spokeswoman said.
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