Child among 10 family members killed in South Africa shooting
Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 9:44 AM
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ten members of the same family, seven of them female and at least one of them a child, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said Friday.
A male suspect was killed in a shootout with police hours after and two men were arrested.
A fourth suspect escaped but his identity is known and he is being sought, Police Minister Bheki Cele said.
According to initial reports, the family was ambushed by gunmen at the home in the city of Pietermaritzburg in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, police said.
The shooting happened Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Police initially announced that the victims were seven women and three men but Cele said at least one child, a 13-year-old, was among the dead.
The oldest victim of the mass shooting was 65, Cele said.
He didn't confirm the gender of the teenager who was killed and gave no other details on the ages of the other victims.
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