14 killed in bar shooting in South Africa, many injured taken for treatment

Last Update: 10 July 2022 at 1:20 pm IST

When police reached the spot, 12 people were confirmed dead (Representational Image)

When police reached the spot, 12 people were confirmed dead (Representational Image)

The bar was in the Orlando district of Soweto, Johannesburg’s largest settlement, southeast of the capital.

Police said on Sunday that 14 people were killed in a shooting at a bar near Johannesburg in South Africa’s Soweto township.

“We were called around 12:30 a.m. (2230 GMT),” Police Lieutenant Elias Mawela said after the overnight shootings on Saturday and Sunday.

“When we reached the spot, 12 people were confirmed dead,” he said.

Mawela said 11 other injured were taken to hospital, but two later died, raising the death toll to 14.

The bar was in the Orlando district of Soweto, Johannesburg’s largest settlement, southeast of the capital.

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