{"id":4549,"date":"2025-12-06T16:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4549"},"modified":"2025-12-06T16:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:53:04","slug":"south-africa-shooting-leaves-12-dead-including-young-child-police-gun-violence-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4549","title":{"rendered":"South Africa shooting leaves 12 dead, including young child: Police | Gun Violence News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>South Africa, grappling with entrenched crime and corruption, has one of the world\u2019s highest murder rates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 6 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">6 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Gunmen have killed at least 12 people, including a three-year-old boy, in a mass shooting at a bar near the South African city of Pretoria, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Athlenda Mathe, spokesperson for the South African Police Service (SAPS), confirmed on Saturday that a total of 25 people were shot in the bar in Saulsville township, 18km (11 miles) west of Pretoria, adding that 14 had been taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Police said three minors were among the dead in the shooting, including the three-year-old, a 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred in what Mathe described as an \u201cillegal shebeen\u201d \u2013 or bar \u2013 within a hostel at about 4:30am (02:30 GMT), with three gunmen indiscriminately firing at a group of men who were drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Police were not alerted until about 6am (04:00 GMT). They said a manhunt had been launched and that the motive was as yet unknown.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa, the continent\u2019s most industrialised nation, is grappling with entrenched crime and corruption driven by organised networks.<\/p>\n<p>The country has one of the world\u2019s highest murder rates, spurred by robberies and gang violence, with some 63 people killed each day between April and September, according to police data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are having a serious challenge when it comes to these illegal and unlicensed liquor premises,\u201d Mathe said, adding that they are where most mass shootings occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnocent people also get caught up in the crossfire,\u201d she told public broadcaster SABC.<\/p>\n<p>In October, two teenagers were killed and five wounded in a gang\u2011related shooting in Johannesburg, the country\u2019s financial capital.<\/p>\n<p>In another incident in May, gunmen killed eight customers at a tavern in the southeastern city of Durban.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, 18 relatives were shot dead at a rural homestead in the country\u2019s Eastern Cape province.<\/p>\n<p>Many people in South Africa own licensed firearms for personal protection, but there are many more illegal guns in circulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa, grappling with entrenched crime and corruption, has one of the world\u2019s highest murder rates. 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