Death toll in South Africa shooting rises to 18
Published: 04:09 PM,Sep 28,2026 | EDITED : 08:09 PM,Sep 28,2026
JOHANNESBURG: The death toll in a mass shooting in a South African tavern has risen to 18 after one person died in hospital, police said Monday, adding that at least two of the dead were Lesotho nationals.The shooting west of Johannesburg late Saturday was part of a bloody weekend in the crime-weary country, with 10 people killed in another mass shooting in Cape Town on Sunday.
'One more victim has died in hospital, bringing the total number of deceased to 18,' they said on Monday. Eighteen people were wounded. 'Only four of the deceased have been identified, two South Africans and two Lesotho nationals.'
The motive for the attack was not clear, but police said it may have been retaliation for an incident in the same tavern in August when one person was killed and another wounded.
There had been no arrests in either of the mass killings. There have been at least 41 mass killings this year at the cost of 196 lives, said Julian Rademeyer, an adviser for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC). — AFP