Police hunt gunmen who fired 137 rounds in Soweto bar shooting


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  • Monday, 11 Jul 2022

FILE PHOTO: Police cordon off the scene where 15 people were killed by unknown gunmen inside a tavern, in Nomzamo, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 10, 2022. REUTERS/Siyabonga Sishi

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Police are hunting for five attackers who burst into a bar in Soweto, South Africa, and killed 15 customers in a hail of at least 137 bullets over the weekend, the police minister said on Monday.

Nine other people were wounded in the shooting in the early hours of Sunday morning that shocked a nation with one of the world's highest murder rates.

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