8 people who were shot in a bar found “lying in a laughter,” says the South African police

The police in South Africa started a search for armed men on Saturday who killed eight customers in a tavern in the southeastern city of Durban.

The attack on Friday evening was the latest mass shooting in the African crime shots, which has one of the highest murder rates in the world.

The incident unfolded when an unknown number of armed men entered the bar in the municipality of Umlazi and opened the fire, the police said.

The eight dead people found first aiders “in a laughter with several gunshot wounds,” said the police in a statement and added that two of them were women.

The victims were between 22 and 40 years old, the police said.

“Studies on the possible motif of the murders are underway,” they said.

Footballs are common in South Africa, often fueled by gang violence and alcohol.

Many people have licensed firearms for personal protection, but there are many other illegal weapons in circulation.

According to police officers, there are around 75 murders per day in South Africa.

According to the latest statistics of state crime, 6,653 people in the country were murdered in the country from October 2024 to December 2024.

Sometimes whole families are targeted. In September last year, armed men shot Seven members of the same family, including three children, in a killing style of killing in their house in a rural part of the country. In 2013, 10 members of the same family -Inlich, a 13-year-old wurd killed in a mass shooting in her house in South Africa.

Sometimes top -class people are targeted. Men armed in South Africa last month kidnapped a US missionary from his church when he delivered a sermon. Pastor Josh Sullivan was later saved During a shootout between the police and his kidnappers, in which three suspects were dead.

In April 2024, Football star Luke Fleurs Was shot down when he replenished his car at a petrol station in South Africa. Six suspects arrested.