12 Killed, Including 3 Children, in South Africa Bar Shooting

Twelve people, including three children, were killed and at least 13 others wounded in a mass shooting at an unlicensed bar inside a hostel in Saulsville, a township in Atteridgeville west of Pretoria, South Africa, early Saturday morning.

The attack occurred around 4 a.m., when three unidentified gunmen entered the shebeen, a term for an illegal drinking establishment, and opened fire on patrons, police said. Ten victims died at the scene, and two more succumbed to their injuries in hospitals. Among the dead were a 3-year-old boy, a 12-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl, all members of the Khanyile family, according to South African Police Service officials. Eight other family members were among the injured. The gunmen fled before police arrived, and authorities were not notified until about 6 a.m., nearly two hours later.

Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, national spokesperson for the South African Police Service, described the incident to the South African Broadcasting Corporation. "We are told that at least three unknown gunmen entered this hostel where a group of people were drinking and they started randomly shooting," she said. Police have launched a manhunt for the suspects...