Police hunt gunmen who fired 137 rounds in Soweto bar shooting
By Reuters
11 July 2022 |
2:46 pm
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.
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