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19 Die in Pair of Mass Shootings Targeting Bars in South Africa

HeadlineJul 11, 2022

In South Africa, at least 15 people have died in a mass shooting at a bar in the Soweto township in Johannesburg. Nine people were critically injured. There are reports a group of men carried out the attack. Four other people died Saturday in a separate shooting at another tavern in the South African city of Pietermaritzburg. The incidents come just weeks after 21 South African teenagers died under mysterious circumstances at a bar in the city of East London.

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