Gunmen kill 8 at birthday party in South Africa, say police

Gunmen kill 8 at birthday party in South Africa, say police

Authorities report latest in string of mass shootings with 3 people seriously injured

By Hassan Isilow

JOHANNESBURG (AA) - Eight people were killed after two gunmen entered a home in South Africa's Eastern Cape province and randomly shot at guests attending a birthday party, authorities said on Monday.

The incident occurred on Sunday evening at a suburb in the city of Gqeberha, formerly known as Port Elizabeth, according to a police statement.

The statement said three people, who were seriously injured in the attack, were receiving hospital treatment, while the owner of the home was among those killed.

Mass shootings have become more frequent in South Africa, where about 70 people were murdered on average every day in April-June 2022, according the latest national crime statistics.

Last July, 14 people were killed in a mass shooting at a bar in the township of Soweto near Johannesburg. Police said the attackers used high-caliber firearms and sprayed bullets randomly.

Several mass shootings were reported in the country last year.

Police Minister Gen. Bheki Cele and Gen. Fannie Masemola, the national commissioner of the South African Police Service, are expected to lead a delegation of various experts to the crime scene of Sunday's mass shooting.

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