Members of the forensics team arrive at the scene after, according to the police, gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 10, 2026.
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Multiple attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine others in a late-night mass shooting in the South African city of Johannesburg, police said on Wednesday (June 10, 2026).
Police believe more than 10 suspects were dropped off in a minibus in an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg late on Tuesday night (June 9, 2026) and opened fire on people.
Police said the suspects entered the settlement from two access points and opened fire at multiple locations before fleeing in the same vehicle.
The victims were nine males and three females, according to police. Eleven of them died at the scene and the 12th died in the hospital. Police are searching for the attackers, and no arrests have been made. The motive for the shootings was not yet clear, they said.
Informal settlements in South Africa are unplanned residential areas usually made up of shacks or similar structures.
(With inputs from Reuter, AP)
Published – June 10, 2026 01:07 pm IST