Sunday, July 10, 2022
Islamabad (News advertisment. DW . July 10, 2022) The attackers opened fire on a bar or pub in the town of Sweeto, west of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday morning, July 10.Fifteen people were killed and nine others were injured.
According to police, the gunmen came in a minibus taxi and started firing indiscriminately at the bar, as a result of which the people inside the bar tried to escape in an attempt to save their lives.
The injured have been shifted to Chris Hani Bergwanath Local Hospital for medical treatment.
The unidentified assailants reportedly managed to flee the scene but are being sought by police.Sunday, July 10, 2022
Gttingen's provincial police commissioner, Lt. Gen. Ilya Mauel, told AFP that the motive for the attack was not clear, but evidence at the scene indicated that the male assailants had carried out the operation in groups.
Johannesburg's Suito neighborhood is home to the country's largest black community. The region's youth face problems such as unemployment and widespread poverty.
South Africa is one of the most violent countries in the world, where 20,000 people are killed every year.It has one of the highest per capita homicide rates in the world.
Earlier, on June 26, 21 young people were mysteriously killed in another bar in the South African coastal town of East London.The cause of death is not yet clear. Investigators have ruled out both the shooting and the stampede. It is feared that he was killed by gas or poison.The incident has also sparked outrage in the local community
