At least 11 people, including a three-year-old child, were killed when gunmen stormed a hostel operating as an illegal bar in Pretoria’s Saulsville township early on Saturday, according to police. Another 14 people were wounded in the attack, which is the latest in a series of mass shootings that have shaken South Africa, a country grappling with one of the highest murder rates in the world. Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe was quoted by news agency AFP as saying that a total of “25 people were shot”, with 10 victims dying at the scene and another in hospital. She said three gunmen entered the “illegal shebeen” at around 4:30 am and “indiscriminately fired at a group of men who were drinking”. A 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were also among the dead, according t

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