Mass shooting at South African hostel bar leaves 11 dead, including 3 children

Mass shooting at South African hostel bar leaves 11 dead, including 3 children World Dec 6, 2025 12:53 PM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 11 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16.

Another 14 people were wounded and taken to the hospital, according to a statement from the South African Police Services. Police didn’t give details on the ages of those who were injured or their conditions.

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The shooting happened at a bar inside a hostel in the Saulsville township west of the administrative capital of Pretoria in the early hours