When the first detectives arrived at the shooting place, they found eight dead people “lying in a pool of blood with many gunshot wounds,” said colonel Robert NetshInda, spokesman for the province of Kwazulu-Natal on Saturday. Victims, including two women aged 22 to 40 years old. The police have not determined the motive of this crime yet.
The shootings are common in South Africa, and often organized gangs behind them. In the country, many people have a licensed firearm for personal protection, but there is much more illegal in circulation.
According to police statistics in South Africa, there are about 75 murders a day. Last year, 6,953 people were murdered only between October and December.
Sometimes whole families are victims. In September last year, armed men shot seven members of the same family, including three children, in a murder reminiscent of execution. In 2013, 10 members of the same family were murdered, including a 13-year-old.
