### [2022-07-16](/feed/2022/07/16/index.md)

##### Mass shooting
# Nine people are killed and two injured in a mass shooting in the Gauteng province of South Africa. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nine-killed-separate-shootings-south-africa-police-2022-07-17/)

### Changes:

1. Four people are killed and two injured in a mass shooting in the Gauteng province of South Africa.  _2022-07-17 21:06:03 (First version)_
1. Nine people are killed and two injured in a mass shooting in the Gauteng province of South Africa.  _(Current version)_

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