{"id":45511,"date":"2025-12-21T09:47:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45511"},"modified":"2025-12-21T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:47:59","slug":"2025-12-21-police-launch-manhunt-for-bekkersdal-tavern-shooting-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/21\/2025-12-21-police-launch-manhunt-for-bekkersdal-tavern-shooting-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Police launch manhunt for Bekkersdal tavern shooting suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police have launched a manhunt for assailants who killed nine people and injured 10 others in a mass shooting at a tavern in Bekkersdal on the West Rand in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police spokesperson Capt Tintswalo Sibeko said the shooting took place at KwaNoxolo Tavern in the Tambo section of Bekkersdal just before 1am on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cGauteng serious and violent crime investigations, together with the crime detection tracing unit, have launched a manhunt for the suspects involved in a multiple shooting incident during the early hours in Bekkersdal,\u201d said Sibeko. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to police, about 12 unknown suspects arrived at the tavern in a white kombi and a silver sedan and opened fire on patrons inside the licensed establishment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt is reported that about 12 unknown suspects in a white kombi and a silver sedan opened fire at tavern patrons and continued to shoot randomly as they fled the scene,\u201d said Sibeko. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some of the victims were also shot randomly in the street while attempting to flee the attack. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Emergency services responded to the scene and those who sustained injuries were transported to nearby medical facilities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sibeko said police had mobilised extensive resources to investigate the attack. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe police have mobilised all the necessary resources, including forensic crime scene management and crime intelligence. The motive for the shooting will be determined by the investigation,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">At this stage, no suspects have been identified, and police have not disclosed any possible motive for the attack. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigations are ongoing, and the public are urged to come forward with any information that could assist police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Bekkersdal shooting is the second mass killing reported this month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On December 6, gunmen attacked patrons at an illegal shebeen at a hostel in Saulsville, Pretoria, killing 12 people, including a three-year-old child. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><b>TimesLIVE<\/b><\/p>\n<hr class=\"c-divider\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Police #launch #manhunt #Bekkersdal #tavern #shooting #suspects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have launched a manhunt for assailants who killed nine people and injured 10 others in a mass shooting at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45513,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45511\/revisions\/45513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}