Johannesburg, Sep 28 (EFE).- Police in South Africa were searching Saturday for the perpetrators of two shootings that killed at least 17 people.
The shootings on Friday night in the southeastern city of Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape province, also left one person injured who was in critical condition, police said.
“In one house 13 people were killed, which include 12 women and one man. In another homestead, four people were also killed,” South Africa Police said on X. Fifteen of the victims were women.
A “manhunt (…) has been launched to apprehend those behind these heinous killings,” the statement added.
Violent crime is a serious problem in South Africa, where nearly 6,200 people were killed between April and June.
In its latest crime report on September 12, the South African Police announced the arrest of 85,000 suspected criminals and the seizure of 824 illegal and unlicensed weapons in just four weeks. EFE
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