14 shot dead in South Africa bar

Johannesburg, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 14 people were shot dead on Sunday in a bar in the South African township of Soweto, police said.

According to the police, the gunmen entered the Orlando East tavern and started firing randomly, reports the BBC.

They then fled the scene in a white minibus, the police said, adding that a motive for the attack is yet to be established.

Nine people are in a critical condition in hospital, the BBC reported.

The victims are believed to be between 19 and 35 years old.

Gauteng province's head of police, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, told the BBC that the shooting appears to have been "a cold-blooded attack on innocent tavern patrons".

The incident comes just weeks after the death of 21 teenagers thought to have been either gassed or poisoned at another bar in the city of East London.

Source: IANS

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