### [2026-08-15](/feed/2026/08/15/index.md)

##### Johannesburg
# Three people are shot dead and two others are wounded in a mass shooting in a flat in Newclare, Johannesburg, South Africa. 




### Sources:

1. [EWN](https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/08/17/gauteng-police-probing-fatal-weekend-mass-shooting)

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