Tag: shooting
KZN Premier calls for swift arrest after spate of mass shootings
KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has called on police to leave no stone unturned in finding the gunmen involved in the spate of mass shootings,...
KZN infantry soldier shot and killed in Pretoria
What was to be a break from duty for KwaZulu-Natal-based infantry soldiers at the weekend turned disastrous with one shot and killed and two...
Soldier shoots, wounds civilian in Limpopo
Soldiers on Op Notlela patrol duty in Limpopo were involved in a shooting incident that saw a civilian hit in the leg.
Indications are the...
Defence Minister told South Africans are not the enemy
The civilian charged with overall management of South Africa’s military would do well to remember the country is not at war and that “South...
UN peacekeeper one of seven killed in Sudan border shooting
Unknown gunmen killed a UN peacekeeper and six civilians in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan, the regional governor said.
“Unknown gunmen...
Mozambique shooting incident makes it to Cabinet
The 16 June cross-border shooting incident between South Africa and Mozambique has reached Cabinet level with Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu noting a...
Joint Operations Chief on standby for border shooting incident talks
An indication of how seriously South Africa’s national defence force is approaching last weekend’s border shooting incident comes with the announcement that the Joint...
No SA soldiers killed or wounded in Mozambican border shooting incident
No casualties or injuries have been reported from the South Africa/Mozambique border where soldiers were involved in a shooting incident with Mozambican border police...
Somali protesters killed
Somali security forces shot dead a rickshaw driver and his passenger in the capital and killed another four people protesting the shootings, witnesses and...
Kidnapping, shootings in Kenya
Gunmen kidnapped an Italian volunteer in south-east Kenya and shot five people on Tuesday, police said, in the first abduction of a...
Thirteen killed in Senegal’s Casamance
Gunmen shot dead 13 people and wounded seven others in a forest in Senegal's southern Casamance region, the army said.
It was...
Gunmen kill two in Kenya university attack
Two staff members were killed and several students injured after gunmen opened fire at the Technical University of Mombasa campus in coastal...
Magufuli critic wounded in shooting
Tanzanian opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu, a fierce critic of President John Magufuli's government, was seriously wounded in a gun attack on Thursday,...
Suspects arrested in connection with shooting of Kenya conservationist
Kenyan authorities arrested an unspecified number of suspects and recovered a gun linked to the shooting of Italian-born conservationist Kuki Gallmann at...
Bail hearing for soldier accused of murder near Durban to continue
In addition to charges of murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery and murder, a SA Army infantryman also faces military charges, including being absent...
DR Congo investigating soldiers shooting video
Democratic Republic of Congo's government is investigating a video appearing to show Congolese troops shooting dead a apparent militia members armed with...
Soldier who went on shooting rampage hands himself over to police
A SA Army infantry soldier suspected of having killed a woman and wounded another and a policeman in a shoot-out near Durban...
Lone infantryman shoots and kills two women in KZN
The actions of a lone soldier who shot two women, wounded a third and apparently also shot and wounded a policeman near...
Eastern Libyan jet strikes rival military plane
Forces allied to Libya's eastern government carried out an air strike against a military transport aircraft in the central district of Jufra...
Monkey incident sparks clashes in Libyan city
At least 16 people died and 50 were wounded in Libya in four days of clashes between rival factions in the southern...
Man shot and killed outside US Embassy in Kenya
A knife-wielding man who police described as a criminal was shot dead outside the US Embassy in Nairobi on Thursday after he...
Three shot and killed at Tripoli ATM
Bank guards shot dead three people as they tried to disperse a crowd of hundreds of people queuing for cash outside a...
South African military helps Mozambican policeman shot by suspected smugglers
A Mozambican policeman was shot, apparently by smugglers, near the Lebombo border post and timely assistance by a South African soldier saw...
Shots fired in Burundi protest
Police fired guns and teargas towards protesters throwing stones in a suburb of Burundi's capital on Tuesday during a demonstration against the...
At least five shot in Guinea opposition protests
At least five people were wounded by gunfire in Guinea's capital Conakry on Monday during violent opposition protests against the timing of...
Two dead in Virginia Tech University shooting
A gunman ambushed and killed a campus police officer and was later reported to have been found dead yesterday at Virginia Tech...
Accused White House shooter to have mental exam
An accused White House shooter, who allegedly called US President Barack Obama the "devil" and "anti-Christ," was ordered to undergo a mental...
South African diplomat wounded in Congo shooting
A South African diplomat was shot and wounded by soldiers after failing to stop at a roadblock in the Congolese capital Kinshasa,...
