Four killed in South African township shooting

A policeman walks at the scene where four people were killed and five injured following a shooting at KwaMashu township, in Durban, South Africa, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Three people were shot dead and another one died in a hospital after gunshots were fired in KwaMashu township, north of South Africa's Durban, police said on Wednesday.

Five more people with gunshot wounds were rushed to a clinic, said Robert Netshiunda, a police spokesperson in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal.