{"id":727402,"date":"2026-06-10T12:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/727402\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:49:11","slug":"hunt-for-suspects-after-12-killed-in-mass-shooting-near-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/727402\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunt for suspects after 12 killed in mass shooting near Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">At least 12 people have been killed and nine injured after gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement near Johannesburg, South African authorities say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said in a statement that they had launched a manhunt for more than 10 suspects following the late-night attack at the Jumpers informal settlement at Cleveland, about 6 kilometres east of Johannesburg&#8217;s city centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The motive for the attack is not known and no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said the suspects arrived in a white Toyota minibus and entered the settlement from two access points around 11pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">They opened fire at multiple locations before fleeing in the same vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The victims were nine males and three females, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Eleven of them died at the scene and the 12th died in hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A modern city skyline as viewed from a distance.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/179418bcc855de2bc8b050d54b218e9c.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The attack occurred at Cleveland, about 6 kilometres from the centre of Johannesburg. (AP: Denis Farrell)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">South Africa has one of the world&#8217;s highest murder rates, averaging about 60 a day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Informal settlements in South Africa are unplanned residential areas usually made up of shacks or similar structures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">There have been several high-profile mass shootings in South Africa recently, including two in December that killed more than 20 people in total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">One of those also involved multiple shooters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The shootings are sometimes linked to illegal mining gangs that operate in and around Johannesburg, with fierce competition between illicit businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Wires\/ABC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least 12 people have been killed and nine injured after gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[352428,352426,43,352427,352425,44,352424,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-727402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cleveland-johannesburg","tag-gangland-warfare","tag-headlines","tag-informal-settlement","tag-johannesburg-murders","tag-news","tag-south-africa-shooting","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}