Gunmen shoot 12 dead near Johannesburg

Gunmen stormed an informal settlement near Johannesburg and shot dead 12 people overnight, South African police said Wednesday, in the latest mass shooting in the crime-weary country.
The shootings happened before midnight on Tuesday in an impoverished area of metal shacks near where illegal miners were living and working, police said.
Around 10 attackers were driven to the Jumpers settlement and dropped off before storming the area, a police spokeswoman said.
“The suspects allegedly entered the informal settlement through both entrances and moved through the area, opening fire on residents and community members at multiple locations before fleeing the scene in the same vehicle,” sh...