Atteridgeville hostel mass shooting: Shebeen owner, child (3) among victims - SAPS

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Police have confirmed that the owner of a shebeen and her three-year-old child are among the 25 people shot during a mass shooting in Atteridgeville.

Eleven people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a tavern at the Saulsville hostel, west of Pretoria, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Three minors, aged between 12 and 16, are also among the dead.

It’s anything but a normal day in Atteridgeville, as community members try to make sense of a mass shooting that has left dozens of families shattered.

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The entire hostel has been cordoned off with police tape, while the bodies of those killed remain on the scene with multiple gunshot wounds.

A police helicopter hovers above the hostel while dozens of officers patrol the area.

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the motive remains unclear.

We are looking for three unknown suspects. We have a multi-disciplinary team of police officers and ballistic experts on the scene and to find those that are behind the shooting."

Videos circulating in the community show bodies piled inside the tavern, with blood covering the floor.

The tavern owner is reportedly fighting for her life in hospital.