{"id":6017,"date":"2023-04-21T18:23:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6017"},"modified":"2023-04-21T18:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:39:26","slug":"1-child-in-10-family-members-killed-in-south-africa-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/1-child-in-10-family-members-killed-in-south-africa-shooting\/2023\/04\/21\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"1 child and 10 family members killed in South Africa shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

JOHANNESBURG<\/span> (AP)<\/span> —<\/span> Police<\/span> said<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> 10<\/span> members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> family,<\/span> including<\/span> seven<\/span> women<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> 13-year-old<\/span> boy,<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> shooting<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> South<\/span> African<\/span> home.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Hours<\/span> later,<\/span> a<\/span> male<\/span> suspect<\/span> was<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> shootout<\/span> with<\/span> police,<\/span> and<\/span> two<\/span> men<\/span> were<\/span> arrested.<\/span> A<\/span> fourth<\/span> suspect<\/span> has<\/span> fled,<\/span> but<\/span> he<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> identified<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> wanted,<\/span> Police<\/span> Minister<\/span> Beki<\/span> Hesere<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> initial<\/span> reports,<\/span> a<\/span> family<\/span> was<\/span> attacked<\/span> by<\/span> gunmen<\/span> at<\/span> their<\/span> home<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Pietermaritzburg<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> KwaZulu-Natal,<\/span> police<\/span> said.The<\/span> shooting<\/span> occurred<\/span> early<\/span> Friday<\/span> morning.<\/span> Police<\/span> initially<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> victims<\/span> were<\/span> seven<\/span> women<\/span> and<\/span> three<\/span> men,<\/span> but<\/span> later<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> one<\/span> child,<\/span> a<\/span> teenager,<\/span> had<\/span> died.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> oldest<\/span> victim<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> shooting<\/span> was<\/span> 65<\/span> years<\/span> old<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> youngest<\/span> was<\/span> 13,<\/span> Cell<\/span> said.<\/span> He<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> specify<\/span> the<\/span> ages<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> other<\/span> victims.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sere,<\/span> who<\/span> was<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> scene,<\/span> said<\/span> police<\/span> confronted<\/span> four<\/span> men<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> street<\/span> about<\/span> a<\/span> mile<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> house<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> shooting<\/span> took<\/span> place,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> men<\/span> opened<\/span> fire<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> officers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Police<\/span> fought<\/span> back,<\/span> killed<\/span> one,<\/span> arrested<\/span> him,<\/span> wounded<\/span> one,<\/span> and<\/span> arrested<\/span> one<\/span> uninjured.<\/span> One<\/span> escaped,”<\/span> Cele<\/span> said.<\/span> “Fortunately<\/span> they<\/span> know<\/span> who<\/span> escaped.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Police<\/span> seized<\/span> three<\/span> firearms.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> suspect<\/span> killed<\/span> by<\/span> police<\/span> was<\/span> “notorious”<\/span> and<\/span> involved<\/span> in<\/span> other<\/span> crimes<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> area,<\/span> Cere<\/span> said,<\/span> but<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> disclose<\/span> a<\/span> motive<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> shooting.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Cele<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> scene<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> house<\/span> where<\/span> 10<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> murdered<\/span> was<\/span> “horrifying.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Too<\/span> many<\/span> people<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> lost,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Police<\/span> also<\/span> questioned<\/span> an<\/span> e-taxi<\/span> driver<\/span> who<\/span> is<\/span> believed<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> previously<\/span> transported<\/span> four<\/span> men<\/span> accused<\/span> of<\/span> committing<\/span> other<\/span> crimes.<\/span> South<\/span> Africa<\/span> has<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> highest<\/span> homicide<\/span> rates<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> world<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> seen<\/span> a<\/span> spate<\/span> of<\/span> mass<\/span> shootings<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> years.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> January,<\/span> eight<\/span> of<\/span> him<\/span> were<\/span> shot<\/span> dead<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> birthday<\/span> party<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> south<\/span> coast<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Gqeberha.<\/span> Last<\/span> year,<\/span> gunmen<\/span> opened<\/span> fire<\/span> on<\/span> customers<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> bar<\/span> in<\/span> Johannesburg’s<\/span> Soweto<\/span> township,<\/span> killing<\/span> 16<\/span> people.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>On<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> day<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> Soweto<\/span> shooting,<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> shot<\/span> dead<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> Pietermaritzburg<\/span> bar<\/span> with<\/span> 12<\/span> people,<\/span> four<\/span> of<\/span> whom<\/span> died.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police said Friday that 10 members of the same family, including seven women and a 13-year-old boy, died in a shooting at a South African home. Hours later, a male suspect was killed in a shootout with police, and two men were arrested. A fourth suspect has fled, but he has been […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562,252,1034],"tags":[274,3679,4187,4188,4189,4190,4191,4192],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/jhnsbrgdsahot.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6021,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6017\/revisions\/6021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}