{"id":6975,"date":"2025-05-17T19:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/17\/8-people-shot-dead-in-a-bar-found-lying-in-a-pool-of-blood-south-africa-police-say\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T19:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:55:59","slug":"8-people-shot-dead-in-a-bar-found-lying-in-a-pool-of-blood-south-africa-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/17\/8-people-shot-dead-in-a-bar-found-lying-in-a-pool-of-blood-south-africa-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"8 people shot dead in a bar found “lying in a pool of blood,” South Africa police say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police in South Africa launched a manhunt on Saturday for gunmen who killed eight customers at a tavern in the southeastern city of Durban.<\/p>\n

The attack late on Friday evening was the latest mass shooting in the crime-weary African nation that has one of the world’s highest murder rates.<\/p>\n

The incident unfolded when an unknown number of gunmen entered the bar in Umlazi township and opened fire, police said.<\/p>\n

First responders found the eight dead people “lying in a pool of blood with multiple gunshot wounds”, police said in a statement<\/a>, adding that two of them were women.<\/p>\n

The victims were aged between 22 and 40 years old, police said.<\/p>\n

“Investigations into the possible motive of the killings are underway,” they said.<\/p>\n

Shootings are common in South Africa, often fueled by gang violence and alcohol.<\/p>\n

Many people own licensed firearms for personal protection, yet there are many more illegal guns in circulation.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are around 75 murders a day in South Africa, according to police data.<\/p>\n

According to the most recent government crime statistics<\/a>,\u00a0 6,953 people were murdered in the country from October 2024 to December 2024.<\/p>\n

Sometimes entire families are targeted. Last September, gunmen\u00a0shot dead<\/a><\/span>\u00a0seven members of the same family, including three children, in an execution-style killing in their home in a rural part of the country. In 2013,\u00a010 members of the same family<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 including a 13-year-old \u2014 were killed in a mass shooting at their house in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, more high-profile people are targeted. Last month, gunmen in South Africa abducted a U.S. missionary<\/a><\/span> from his church as he was delivering a sermon. Pastor Josh Sullivan was later rescued<\/a><\/span> during a shootout between police and his captors that left three suspects dead.<\/p>\n

In April 2024,\u00a0soccer star Luke Fleurs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0was gunned down as he refilled his car at a gas station in South Africa. Six suspects were\u00a0arrested<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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