The police has reported that three guys opened fire in a home’s yard in South Africa, killing six people and injuring four more.
The shootings took place on Tuesday night in the Eastern Cape province’s KwaNobuhle settlement, which is close to Kariega.
Police said on Wednesday that a search was ongoing and that no arrests had been made of the accused.
According to official crime figures, South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, and at least 2,629 people were shot to death in the first three months of this year. 30 people every day is a sobering pace for the 60 million-person nation.
In South Africa, there has also been an increase in celebrity-targeted killings and kidnappings for ransom.
Authorities said that a woman was among the wounded in the shooting on Tuesday that left five males and a woman dead.
“It is alleged that three unknown males entered the yard and opened fire at people who were in the property or nearby to the house,” said police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu. “Two females were shot at the gate. One female succumbed to her injuries while the other sustained gunshot wounds.”
The security service is still trying to identify the cause of the shooting.
In South Africa, there have been several large-scale shootings recently, including at least three this year.
16 people were killed in Soweto, a slum in Johannesburg, last year as a result of many shooters shooting at patrons at a bar.
At a birthday celebration in the same Eastern Cape area in January, eight people were shot and killed.
Ten members of the same family were killed at a home in April, including a youngster.