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TimesLIVE reports that the bodies of at least four suspected illegal foreign miners were discovered in the Riverlea area in Johannesburg on Sunday morning.
“I’ve seen photos of four bodies. Various reports say there may have been four or six more killed. Twenty are reported to be shot as Riverlea’s zama zamas battle for control,” said Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor James Lorimer. Sunday’s attack was reported to be the result of another gun battle between different zama zama gangs in the area. Lorimer said residents reported men armed with automatic weapons moving through suburban areas and heavy gunfire. “One resident says they treated a seriously wounded man and woman on the pavement outside their house while waiting for an ambulance to arrive. Other residents say a man was shot and wounded and taken away by police,” Lorimer stated. A few days ago, Riverlea resident Ernest Mangena was killed by a stray bullet during a gunfight allegedly between illegal miners and the police. The DA called on the police to tell the public what they were doing about illegal miners in Riverlea.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Gill Gifford at TimesLIVE
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