Five people have been killed and dozens arrested in an ongoing church massacre in Johannesburg. The bloodbath took place at the International Pentecost Holiness Church in Zuurbekom, and specialised police and a heavily-armed national defence force remain at the scene. Television station eNCA said there had been a leadership dispute at the church and cited a church official as saying roughly 200 people had been taken hostage. The International Pentecost Holiness Church, which has a membership of three million, has become divided in its search for a successor to former leader Glayon Modise. The church was founded in 1911 by Abner Blackmon Crumpler and Benjamin H Irwin following the merger of two older denominations.

Source: Daily Mail July 11, 2020 10:30 UTC