June 10, 2026
A resident looks on as South African Police Service (SAPS) officers along with forensic technicians carry a victims body at Jumpers informal settlement in Cleveland, east of Johannesburg, on June 10, 2026. Gunmen stormed an informal settlement near Johannesburg and shot dead 12 people overnight, South African police said on June 10, 2026, in the latest mass shooting in the crime-weary country. The shootings happened before midnight on June 9, 2026 in an impoverished area of metal shacks near where illegal miners were living, police said. Around 10 attackers were driven to the Jumpers settlement and dropped off before storming the area, a police spokeswoman said. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)
Gunmen stormed an informal settlement near Johannesburg and shot dead 12 people overnight, South African police said Wednesday, in the latest mass shooting in the crime-weary country.
The shootings happened before midnight on Tuesday in an impoverished area of metal shacks near where illegal miners were living and working, police said.
Around 10 attackers were driven to the Jumpers settlement and dropped off before storming the area, a police spokeswoman said.
