South Africa: 14 dead in bar shooting in Soweto

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Johannesburg,
July
10:
A
mass
shooting
at
a
tavern
in
Johannesburg’s
Soweto
township
has
killed
14
people
and
left
three
others
in
critical
condition,
according
to
police.

Police
say
they
are
investigating
reports
that
a
group
of
men
arrived
in
a
minibus
taxi
and
opened
fire
on
some
of
the
patrons
at
the
bar
late
Saturday
night.
Police
were
on
Sunday
morning
removing
bodies
of
the
deceased
and
investigating
what
had
led
to
the
mass
shooting.
The
three
critically
injured
and
one
other
person
wounded
have
been
taken
to
Chris
Hani
Baragwanath
Hospital.

The
number
of
cartridges
found
on
the
scene
indicated
it
was
a
group
of
people
who
shot
at
the
patrons,
said
Gauteng
province
police
commissioner
Lt.
Gen.
Elias
Mawela.
“The
primary
investigation
suggests
that
these
people
were
enjoying
themselves
here,
in
a
licensed
tavern
operating
within
the
right
hours,”
Mawela
told
The
Associated
Press.

“All
of
a
sudden
they
heard
some
gunshots,
that
is
when
people
tried
to
run
out
of
the
tavern.
We
don’t
have
the
full
details
at
the
moment
of
what
is
the
motive,
and
why
they
were
targeting
these
people,”
he
said.

“You
can
see
that
a
high
caliber
firearm
was
used
and
it
was
shooting
randomly.
You
can
see
that
every
one
of
those
people
were
struggling
to
get
out
of
the
tavern,”
Mawela
told
The
Associated
Press.