After unidentified shooters broke into their home on Thursday night, ten members of the family—including seven women—were killed in a shooting.
They were ambushed by unidentified shooters at their residence in Pietermaritzburg, a city located in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal region, according to ABC News.
Police Minister Bheki Cele was scheduled to visit the location on Friday, according to the police, who stated that the incident occurred late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Initial police reports suggest that unidentified gunmen attacked a Pietermaritzburg farmstead and ambushed the family, according to a statement from police spokesman Lirandzu Themba.
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South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and there has been a series of mass shootings in recent years.
Eight people were shot dead at a birthday party in the south coast city of Gqeberha in January.
Last year, 16 died in a mass shooting at a bar in the Johannesburg township of Soweto when a group of armed men, some of them wielding rifles, opened fire on customers.
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