At Least 8 Dead After Shooting in South Africa

Eight people in one small house in a South African township were found shot dead, the police said on Saturday, the latest such mass shooting in a country battling a wave of gun violence and gang turf wars.

Six men and two women, ages 22 to 40, were found “lying in a pool of blood with multiple gunshot wounds,” the police said in a statement. An unknown number of assailants had reportedly entered the home Friday night and opened fire, killing those inside, the statement said.

It is unclear whether the victims were related. The police said they had started a manhunt and were investigating a possible motive.