At least 10 people were killed and several others were injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at a bar outside South Africa's Johhanesburg on Sunday.
This was second such shooting in South Africa, according to the police. Around a dozen of men were in two vehicles when they "opened fire at tavern patrons and continued to shoot randomly as they fled the scene." Ten more were wounded when around a dozen men attacked the tavern at Bekkersdal, in a gold mining area around 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of the city, just before 1:00 am (2300 GMT), reported AFP. A manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers, the police said. Earlier on December 6, gunmen had stormed a hostel at Saulsville township near the capital Pretoria, killing a dozen people including a three-year-old child. Police said that shooting was at a site that was illegally selling alcoho South Africa, the continent's most industrialised nation, is grappling with entrenched crime and corruption driven by organised networks. (This is a breaking copy. More details are awaited)
