21, April, 2023
Police say that gunmen have shot dead ten members of the same family during an attack outside the city of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
Police were called to the house in the township of Imbali by neighbours who heard shooting in the early hours of the morning during a power cut.
It is unclear what was the motive of the murder.
Officers said gunmen had entered the house killing seven women and three men inside.
Police Minister Bheki Cele and the top management from the South African police force are visiting the crime scene, local media say.
Mr Cele recently admitted that the country had a serious problem with gun violence.
This is the second mass shooting in KwaZulu-Natal this week after four other people were shot and killed on Thursday in a home in KwaMashu, north of the port city of Durban.