Gunshot victim Rafick Oresi, 32, waits for an ambulance after being shot in the leg during a mass shooting. Another victim lies in the background in Cleveland, Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday. At least 12 people were killed and at least another nine injured after men entered the informal settlement overnight and opened fire. A manhunt is underway for the 10 alleged suspects involved in the shooting. Photo by Kim Ludbrook/EPA
June 10 (UPI) -- Police in South Africa are looking for at least 10 people who carried out a mass shooting attack that killed 12 people in Johannesburg.
The shooters, who were heavily armed with rifles, went into the Jumpers Informal Settlement in the Cleveland suburb of the city on Tuesday night and began shooting.
Nine men and three women were killed, and at least nine people were injured and are being treated for gunshot wounds in area hospitals.
Police said they were called about a shooting in progress at about 11:10 p.m. local time Tuesday, said Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi of the South African Police Service. They arrived to find multiple people with gunshot wounds. The suspects were dropped off in a minibus taxi, Nevhuhulwi said, "and moved through the area opening fire on residents and community members at multiple locations before fleeing the scene in the same vehicle."
