Breaking, Family Of 10 Shot Dead By Unknown Gunmen In KwaZulu-Natal Province

Friday in the latest mass shooting crime prone south Africa, unknown gunmen stormed a house and killed 10 members of a family.

According to the police,  seven women and three men were fatally wounded in Imbali, a township south of Pietermaritzburg in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal.

“Initial police reports, unknown gunmen stormed a Pietermaritzburg homestead and ambushed the family,” police spokeswoman Lirandzu Themba said in a statement.

The reason for the killing was not immediately clear.

Police Minister Bheki Cele was due to visit the crime scene.

It will be recalled that mass shootings are relatively common in South Africa, which has one of the world’s highest murder rates.

Source (AFP, excluding headline)