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reference news network reported on september 29 according to the associated press report on september 29, south african police said on the 28th that two mass shootings occurred very close to each other in a township in the country, killing a total of 17 people, including 15 women.

a police spokesman said in a statement that the victims included 15 women and two men, and one person was in critical condition in hospital. police are searching for the suspect.

the shooting occurred in the town of lusikisiki in the eastern cape province in southeastern south africa on the evening of the 27th. video released by police showed the shootings taking place at two houses on the same block.

police said 12 women and one man were killed in one house, and three women and one man were killed in another house. four women, one man and a two-month-old baby survived.

local media reported that the men were attending a house party when the shooting occurred, but the motive for the killing was unclear.

according to official police crime statistics, south africa, with a population of 62 million, had a total of 12,734 homicides in the first six months of this year, an average of 70 per day. firearms were the largest cause of death in these cases. (compiled/zhang lin)