At least 14 people have been killed in a bar in the township of Soweto after a group of armed men began shooting at customers, police say
The incident unfolded shortly after midnight, when a group of men armed with rifles and 9-millimeter pistols entered the bar in the Nomzamo informal settlement near Johannesburg and started shooting"randomly" at the patrons, Gauteng Police said in a statement.Police said 23 people were shot in the establishment -- 12 died at the scene and 11 were rushed to a nearby hospital with injuries. Two more people were declared dead at the hospital.
When you see the bodies [that] are piled up, you can see that every one of those people [was] struggling to get out of the tavern," Gauteng Police Commissioner Elias Mawela told South African news channel ENCA.Read MoreMawela said the police are yet to determine details on the motive or why the people at the tavern were targeted."I have no doubt that with the cooperation of the community here, we will be able to crack this case," Mawela added.
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