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The Wedela tavern shooting

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Where it stands

The September 26 shooting in Wedela killed 17 people and wounded 15. Police are searching for eight unidentified gunmen, and the motive has not been established; the manhunt and investigation remain open.

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  1. Update 1Seventeen killed at Wedela tavern as police seek eight men

The story so far

  1. Update 1

    Seventeen killed at Wedela tavern as police seek eight men

    Police counted 17 dead and 15 wounded after gunmen fired outside and inside a Gauteng tavern. Eight unidentified men were being sought; the motive was unknown.

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    • The attackers’ identities, their motive, the exact firearms and the wounded people’s conditions remain unestablished in the checked accounts.

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  • South African Police Servicenational police force of South Africa1 report

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Deaths in the Wedela tavern shootingIndependently confirmed10
Injuries in the Wedela tavern shootingIndependently confirmed7
Deaths in the Lwandle shootingIndependently confirmed4
Eight gunmen attacked the Wedela tavernIndependently confirmed4
Search for suspects in the Wedela shootingNot independently confirmed4
Injuries in the Lwandle shootingIndependently confirmed3
Cars burned during the Wedela tavern incidentNot independently confirmed3
Deaths in the earlier Durban house-party shootingNot independently confirmed2
Items taken from people at the tavernNot independently confirmed2
Motive for the Johannesburg and Cape Town shootingsNot independently confirmed2

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