At least 14 people killed in a shooting at a bar in South Africa

At least 14 people were killed and four others seriously injured in a shooting at a bar in Soweto, a city near Johannesburg, on Saturday night, South African authorities said on Sunday.

A group of men who arrived by minibus allegedly opened fire on local customers, according to the police investigation, which has not yet determined the motives for this massacre.

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The number of cartridges found at the scene indicates that there were several people who fired, explained the provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, to The Associated Press information agency.

"Primary research suggests that these people were enjoying themselves here, in a licensed tavern that was operating during proper hours," Mawela said.

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"Suddenly they heard gunshots, and that's when people tried to run out of the tavern. We don't have all the details at the moment as to what the motive is, and why these people were being targeted," he added.

The police specified that "a large-caliber firearm was used and that it was fired at random."

Likewise, he determined that "every one of those people was struggling to get out of the tavern."

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The injured - three of them in critical condition - were taken to the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Johannesburg.

The Soweto bar shooting comes two weeks after 21 teenagers were found dead in a bar in the South African city of East London.

Authorities have not yet announced the cause of those deaths, but the teens were not shot or crushed in a stampede, according to authorities.