Ten members of the same family, seven of them women, have been killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said.
The family were ambushed by unknown gunmen at the home in the city of Pietermaritzburg in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, police said.
Police did not give a motive for the shooting and there are conflicting reports about whether it took place on Thursday night or Friday morning.
Police minister Bheki Cele was due to visit the scene on Friday.
South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world and there has been a spate of mass shootings in recent years.
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Ten members of the same family, seven of them women, have been killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa , police said. PIctured: The scene of the shooting
In January, gunmen opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday in the south coast city of Gqeberha, killing eight and wounding three others.
Last year, 16 died in a mass shooting at a bar in the Johannesburg township of Soweto when a group of armed men, some of them wielding rifles, opened fire on customers.
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