At least 11 people, including a pregnant woman, have been killed after armed men stormed a house in a township in the South African city of Durban. The attack took place late on Tuesday, according to Thamsanqa Ntuli, the premier of KwaZulu-Natal province, of which Durban is the main city. Assailants entered the home shortly before 11pm ( ) while the victims were gathered at a house party.
Two people survived the attack, Ntuli said, adding the motive behind the killings was not immediately clear. Local broadcaster eNCA reported that the attackers forced everyone into a single room before opening fire. They also set fire to a car belonging to one of the victims.
These are guys I grew up with. It’s like a movie,” a resident told the broadcaster. According to a police statement cited by eNCA, preliminary investigations indicated that some of those killed were on South Africa’s Crime Intelligence radar over suspected illegal activities, though the statement did not elaborate further.
South Africa has one of the world’s highest murder rates, with an average of about 60 people killed daily in a population of roughly 62 million. In March, soldiers were deployed alongside national police to violent hotspots to tackle rampant crime, an issue President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as one of the country’s biggest threats.
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