South African police said on Friday that according to initial reports 10 family members had been killed in a mass shooting in Pietermaritzburg in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
“According to initial police reports, unknown gunmen stormed a Pietermaritzburg homestead and ambushed the family. Seven women and three men were fatally wounded during the shooting,” South Africa’s police ministry said in a statement.
Police Minister Bheki Cele and the top management of the South African Police Service will visit the crime scene later in the day, the statement added.
