15 July 2022
While reeling from shooting incidents in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, the country has experienced yet another mass shooting, this time in the Free State.
The shooting is understood to have happened on Friday morning.
The shocking incident happened in the small and frigid town of Kestel, near Harrismith around 9am.
The motive of the shooting is not yet known.
The spokesperson of the police in the Free State, Brigadier Motantsi Makhele, confirmed to IOL that the incident happened, but he was not in a position to give more detail about the incident.
However, a source told IOL that among the seven dead were a child and a woman believed to be in her 50s.
Those killed are believed to be workers of one of the nearby farms and the shooting happened while they were enjoying tea.
This incident follows another mass shooting in Alexandra, where at least six people were shot dead on Thursday night
Minister of Police Bheki Cele on Friday confirmed that seven suspects between the ages of 23 and 33 have been arrested in connection with the random shootings.
Source IOL
