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A deadly shooting incident in South Africa has claimed many lives, local media reports.

Police officials say several people were killed in an ambush shooting in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday evening.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker says the incident happened along the R74 road between Colenso and Weenen.

“On the R74 road between Colenso and Weenen unknown persons jumped onto the road from the bushes and opened fire at the taxi”, the police spokesperson said.

News24 reports that the mini bus taxi from Gauteng was travelling from a funeral at Ematimotolo back to Johannesburg.

SABC reports that 11 people were believed to have been in the Taxi during the shooting. All are believed to have been killed.


Naicker is quoted as saying that “Unconfirmed information for now indicates that passengers are from a taxi association in Gauteng attending the funeral of one of their members.”

“There are multiple fatalities and detectives will only be in a position to confirm the numbers once the crime scene experts have combed the scene,” Naicker added.

 

 

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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