{"id":47943,"date":"2026-01-20T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=47943"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:51:15","slug":"just-in-five-shot-two-killed-at-booysens-magistrates-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/20\/just-in-five-shot-two-killed-at-booysens-magistrates-court\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Five shot, two killed at Booysens Magistrate&#8217;s Court"},"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<p><h2>Two of the five victims are confirmed dead, and three are injured from the incident.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Five people were shot at the Booysens Magistrate\u2019s Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the five victims are confirmed dead, and three are injured from the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development expressed concern regarding the shooting. It said the incident was ongoing, with the police dealing with the situation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputy Minister Andries Nel is scheduled to proceed to the scene to assess the situation, while the ministry is awaiting further verified details from law enforcement agencies and court management,\u201d spokesperson Samuel Modipane said.<\/p>\n<p>Modipane added that the department has committed to providing prompt updates as they occur. <\/p>\n<p>It said it would \u201cwork with the relevant security and law enforcement authorities to ensure that all necessary measures are implemented to safeguard court users and personnel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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#shot #killed #Booysens #Magistrates #Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the five victims are confirmed dead, and three are injured from the incident. Five people were shot at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47943","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\/47943","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=47943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47945,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47943\/revisions\/47945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}