Four dead and eight injured in Pietermaritzburg tavern shooting

Four people died in a mass shooting at a Pietermaritzburg tavern on Saturday night.

Western Cape police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after a man and a woman were found dead in a house. Stock photo.
Western Cape police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after a man and a woman were found dead in a house. Stock photo. (FERNANDO GREGORY MILAN/123RF)

Four people died in a mass shooting at a Pietermaritzburg tavern on Saturday night.

Police spokesperson Lt-Col Nqobile Gwala confirmed the shooting and told TimesLIVE an investigation is under way.

“I'm not sure of the state of the wounded as yet. The incident happened in Sweetwaters.”

It is understood eight people were also injured.

This is a developing story.

TimesLIVE



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