At the least six Lesotho nationals died and several other others have been injured after gunmen opened hearth on their car close to in South Africa on Tuesday, police mentioned.
The incident happened close to the city of Meyerton, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Johannesburg.
Lesotho nationals killed in a mass taking pictures
Gauteng Police Deputy Commissioner Fred Kekana advised reporters on the scene that the victims have been travelling to Lesotho in a minibus.
A bunch of suspects opened hearth on the car with out provocation, he mentioned.
“The driving force of the bus tried to push them off the street in order that they don’t proceed taking pictures at them and inflicting hurt. Luckily, he managed to distract them.”
Among the many useless have been 4 girls and two males.
Kekana confirmed that each one the passengers have been Lesotho nationals, together with 18 who have been hospitalised.
The injured are at the moment receiving remedy at an area hospital.
Three suspects arrested
The gunmen later hijacked one other car, sparking a police chase involving K9 items, drones and helicopters.
This finally led to the arrest of three suspects, Kekana mentioned.
He defined that the suspects who had been firing on the minibus deserted their car.
They climbed onto a bridge and hijacked a Datsun Go.
Close by officers from the K9 Unit and the Car Crime Investigation Unit observed a girl crying and stopped to ask what had occurred.
She advised them she had simply been hijacked.
Police instantly pursued the suspects and recovered the car.
The officers arrested two suspects on the spot and later deployed drones to trace down and arrest the third suspect, Kekana added.
