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Seventeen killed in two mass shootings in South African town
Police hunting for suspects in attacks that took place in same neighbourhood in Eastern Cape province
Seventeen people, including 15 women, have been killed in two mass shootings that took place close to each other in a rural town in South Africa, police said.
A search was under way for the suspects, the national police spokesperson, Brig Athlenda Mathe, said in a statement on Saturday. One other person was in critical condition in the hospital, she added.
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