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27 killed in mass shootings in South Africa overnight

Published by New York Times World By John Eligon · 27 September 2026 at 14:37
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27 killed in mass shootings in South Africa overnight
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These were the latest deadly incidents at bars or taverns in a nation with one of the world’s highest murder rates.

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