2022 Soweto shooting

Last updated

2022 Soweto shootings
South Africa adm location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Soweto
Soweto (South Africa)
Location Orlando, Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa
Date9 July 2022 (2022-07-09)
Attack type
Mass shooting
WeaponsRifles, 9mm pistols [1]
Deaths16
Injured7
PerpetratorsUnknown

On 9 July 2022, a mass shooting took place at a tavern in Orlando, Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa. 16 people were killed in the incident. [2]

At about 21:00 GMT, a group of men armed with rifles and a 9mm pistol opened fire on patrons in the tavern. A total of 23 people were shot. 12 people were killed at the scene and 3 others later died in the hospital. [3] A fourth injured victim died at the hospital on 12 July, bringing the death toll to 16. [4] The perpetrators fled the scene in a white minibus taxi and have not been apprehended. [5] The police arrived at 04:00 GMT on 10 July 2022, and the injured victims were sent to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. [5]

The shooting occurred on the same day as another mass shooting in a tavern in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, though authorities do not believe the incidents are linked. [6]

Related Research Articles

The following lists events that happened during 1988 in South Africa.

The following lists events that happened during 1986 in South Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Soweto uprising</span> 1976 student-led protests in South Africa that were violently suppressed

The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.

The December 2005 IISc shooting occurred on Wednesday, 28 December 2005 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in the Indian city of Bangalore, killing Prof. Munish Chandra Puri of IIT Delhi and injuring four, after two or more unidentified gunmen fired at Puri and others. The state government of Karnataka declared the shooting to be a terrorist attack, making it the first such attack in Bangalore.

The 2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings were two separate shooting incidents that occurred in South Korea on 25 and 27 February 2015 in the cities of Sejong and Hwaseong, respectively. After each shooting, the gunmen committed suicide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Wilkinsburg shooting</span> Mass shooting

On March 9, 2016, six people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting at a suburban house in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, near Pittsburgh. One of the victims was a pregnant woman, whose unborn baby was added to the number of fatalities on the day after the shooting. Two men, Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas, were charged in connection with the shooting, but charges against Thomas were later dropped and Shelton was acquitted at trial in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Hadera shooting</span> ISIL terrorist attack in Hadera, Israel

On 27 March 2022, two Islamic State gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in Hadera, Israel, killing two people and injuring twelve.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magnificent Mile shooting</span> Mass shooting in Chicago, Illinois

On May 19, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the city's Magnificent Mile shopping district, near Michigan Avenue. Two people were killed, and eight others were injured. The accused perpetrator, Jaylun Sanders, was taken into custody by Chicago police.

This is a timeline of ISIL-related events that occurred in the year 2020.

On 5 June 2022, a mass shooting and bomb attack occurred at a Catholic church in the city of Owo in Ondo State, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed, with the highest estimates being around 80. Some in the federal government of Nigeria suspect the Islamic State – West Africa Province of carrying out the massacre.

On 26 June 2022, 21 people died during celebrations at the Enyobeni Tavern, a shebeen in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Four more people were injured. No official causes of death have been publicly released.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Saanich shootout</span> Shootout in Saanich, British Columbia

On June 28, 2022, a shootout occurred between two gunmen and responding police officers following a robbery of a Bank of Montreal branch in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Both gunmen, later identified as twin brothers Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie, were killed by police, while six officers were injured, three of them severely.

On 9 July 2022, a mass shooting occurred at the Samukelisiwe tavern at Sweetwaters in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The shooting left four people dead and eight others injured.

References

  1. "South Africa: Fifteen shot dead in Soweto township bar". BBC. 10 July 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. Dludla, Nqobile; Cocks, Tim Cocks (10 July 2022). "Gunmen kill 15 people 'randomly' at Soweto bar". Reuters . Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. Chutel, Lynsey (10 July 2022). "At Least 21 Dead After 3 Tavern Shootings in South Africa". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. Thom, Liezl; Winsor, Morgan (13 July 2022). "At least 21 killed in spate of shootings at South African bars, police say". ABC News . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 Magome, Mogomotsi (10 July 2022). "South Africa police say 15 killed in bar shooting in Soweto". Associated Press . Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. Dludla, Nqobile; Cocks, Tim (10 July 2022). "Gunmen kill 19 people in 'random' bar shootings in South Africa". Reuters . Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.