CNN —A manhunt is underway after 17 people living on the same street in a South African village were killed in a mass shooting, police said Saturday.
“In the first homestead, four people were shot and killed, with no survivors,” the police statement said.
Mass shootings are common in South Africa where murder is at a 20-year high.
According to recent police data, more than 6,000 people were murdered across the country between April and June this year.
The police ministry said that more than 53,000 suspects who are wanted for violent crimes including murder had been arrested in the last month and over 400 illegal and unregistered firearms seized.
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Ngobozana, Lusikisiki, South, Cape, South Africa