Nine people have been killed and at least 10 others were wounded in a mass shooting at a pub near Johannesburg in South Africa. The incident occurred just before 1am local time outside the Kwanoxolo bar in Bekkersdal, a township 28 miles outside the country's largest city. It is the second mass shooting to happen in South Africa in three weeks. Another shooting killed 16 people in the Johannesburg township of Soweto in 2022. On the same day, four people were killed in a mass shooting at a bar in another province.

Source: Daily Mail December 21, 2025 15:06 UTC