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Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence

Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son arrested for attempted murder

Police will investigate the circumstances that led to the shooting

Community members hold pangas as they stand at a road block in Phoenix Township, North Durban, on July 15, 2021 to prevent looters from reaching the community. – Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands and sometimes stoking violence as security forces struggle to restore order.
Understaffed and heavily reliant on private security companies, the police was rapidly overwhelmed when riots and looting first flared last week in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), sparked by the jailing of graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP) (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP via Getty Images)

Survivor of Phoenix massacre describes how he was called a monkey, assaulted and shot twice in the back

On day three of the SAHRC hearings into the July unrest, victim Ntethelelo Mkhize disputes the testimony of activist Sham Maharaj

South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack.
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ANC Western Cape PEC member shot dead at his home

Elese Depouche and his wife were attacked while entering their home in Crossroads outside Cape Town. Police are investigating

A woman and her children take part in a vigil for victims of a mass shooting in Sutherland Springs

Trump: Guns are not to blame for Texas shooting

The gunman who has been identified as a ‘young white male’ shot at individuals between the age of five and 71 during a church’s Sunday services.

With the death of the Las Vegas shooter who killed 59 people and injured over 200 in the worst mass shooting in America

Six things to know about mass shootings in America

In the wake of the tragedy in Las Vegas, a criminologist reviews recent research to dispel common misconceptions about mass shootings.

Vavi was kicked out of the Congress of SA Trade Unions

Two dead after Las Vegas Strip shooting

Police have apprehended one suspect and have denied reports of multiple shooters at Vegas’ country music festival.

Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius.

1 dead, 7 injured after man opens fire on Jo’burg concert audience

Stolen cellphone said to be at root of shooting incident

Mourners grieve at a vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando

US seeks motive for Orlando shooter’s deadly rampage

US President Barack Obama described the Orlando shooter as a ‘homegrown extremist’, and survivors tell of the June 12 rampage that left 50 dead.

What drove Malik to kill in San Bernardino?

The young murderer was an austere Muslim, but showed few signs of being radicalised.

Two nabbed for Soweto teen girl’s murder

Two men have been arrested following the shooting of a 13-year-old girl in Protea Glen.

Obama appeals for calm as more arrests made in Ferguson

Missouri police have arrested 31 people after racial unrest rocked Ferguson, following the fatal shooting of a black teen by a white police officer.

Shooting of French soldier related to racism

A Malian arrested after a French police officer was shot at in Bamako "hates white people", sources close to the investigation told AFP on Saturday.

A shooting in Paris has left one man fighting for his life.

Photographer shot at French newspaper office

French police are hunting for a gunman after a shooting at a Paris newspaper office that gravely wounded a photographer, and three other attacks.

A senior officer had said police were “closing in” on the militants after rescuing more trapped people overnight.  (Reuters)

Kenya siege: ‘We are fully in control,’ claims government

Most hostages have been freed, claims Interior Minister Ole Lenku, as the army continues its operation to flush out militants from the Nairobi mall.

Discharged US military veteran Aaron Alexis has been identified as the lone US Navy Yard gunman (Reuters)

FBI identifies US navy yard gunman

The FBI has identified the dead gunman who killed 12 people at a Washington navy yard and eliminated the possibility of a second suspect.

One gunman, several victims dead in US navy yard shooting

A shooter and several people have been killed when at least one gunman opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington DC, say authorities.

Three ANC members survive shooting in KZN

Three members of the ANC, including a pregnant woman, have survived a shooting by unknown assailants in Umtshezi, KwaZulu-Natal, says the party.

Images taken from a video released by the FBI

1 MIT shooting suspect killed after hijacking

A suspect in the shooting of an MIT guard is dead, and a manhunt is on for another – both of whom are believed to be involved in the Boston bombings.

It was not clear if the police activity in Watertown was related to the shooting at MIT
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MIT shooting, Boston bombings link remains unclear

Police have descended on a Boston suburb amid reports of gunfire and explosions after a university police officer was shot dead on the MIT campus.

Pakistani volunteers transport the body of a charity worker following an attack by gunmen in Swabi on January 1 2013. Six women and a man were shot dead.

Gunmen in Pakistan kill seven aid workers near capital

Police say gunmen have ambushed and shot dead six Pakistani women aid workers and a male doctor.