South African police probe mass shooting in Eastern Cape region


  • World
  • Saturday, 28 Sep 2024

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police said on Saturday that they had launched an investigation into the mass shooting of 17 people in a rural village in Eastern Cape province.

South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with about 20,000 murders recorded every year out of a population of over 60 million.

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