Five people are dead and more than 40 have been arrested after an early-morning hostage situation at a long-troubled church near Johannesburg, police in South Africa said Saturday. Police said they rescued men, women and children who had been held hostage and appeared to have been living at the church. The attack by a group of armed people "may have been motivated by a feud" between church members, the police statement said. The church is one of the largest — and reportedly richest — in South Africa. #sapsGP Early hours this morning #SAPS was alerted to a hostage situation & shooting @ International Pentcost Holiness Church, Zuurbekom, 30 suspects arrested & seized more than 25 firearms.

Source: CBC News July 11, 2020 14:03 UTC