South Africa
Four killed in Lenasia shootings─── 10:26 Sun, 17 Jul 2022
South Africans woke up to the news of another mass shooting as police confirmed four people were killed in Lenasia on Sunday.
Gauteng police commissioner Elias Mawela confirmed that two more people were injured in the shooting at the Thembelihle informal settlement.
Mawela says the victims were killed whilst sitting around a fire.
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"Two died in a corner, another person died in the street, the fourth body we are told is in another block. We don’t know how it happened, whether that person was part of this group.
"The fourth victim may have been found by the assailants when they were moving away from the crime scene.
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"The two people injured were taken to the hospital.
"Our relationship with the community of Lenasia is a 'brick wall' as they aren't willing to give away information on what exactly they may have seen.
"However, the next of kin of at least two victims have been identified and the families were aware the victims were sitting around the fire for leisure before they were shot dead.
“People were sitting, attacked for no apparent reason,” adds the commissioner.
Investigations are underway to establish the motive for the killings.
