On Saturday, the police in South Africa launched the militants who killed eight agents in a bar in the southeastern city of Derban.
The attack late Friday evening was the latest mass shooting in the African nation that wears the crime that has one of the world’s highest murders.
The police said that the accident was revealed when an unknown number of militants entered the bar in the town of Omulazi and opened the fire.
The first two respondents found that the eight were “lying in a pool of blood with multiple wounds”, Police said in a statementAdding that two women are women.
Police said the victims were between 22 and 40 years old.
“Investigations into the potential motivation for the killings are underway,” they said.
Fire operations are common in South Africa, and it is often fed by gang and alcohol violence.
Many people have firearms licensed to personal protection, however, there are many illegal weapons circulating.
There are about 75 murders per day in South Africa, according to police data.
According to the latest government Crime statistics6953 people were killed in the country from October 2024 to December 2024.
Sometimes entire families are targeted. Last September, gunmen Shot Seven members of the same family, including three children, were killed similar to the death in their home in a country part of the country. In 2013, 10 members of the same family -Including 13-year-old-who were killed at a mass shooting at his home in South Africa.
Sometimes, more prominent people are targeted. Last month, gunmen in South Africa An American missionary kidnapped From his church as he was presenting a sermon. Reverend Josh Sullivan was later Rescue During an exchange of fire between the police and the wrong one who left three suspects.
In April 2024, Football star Luke Flores He was shot while filling his car at a gas station in South Africa. Six suspects Arrest.
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