"Police in South Africa say they have arrested 11 people, including many suspected of being undocumented miners, in connection with Sunday's shooting at a tavern that killed 10 people. Nine citizens of Lesotho and one Mozambican were among those arrested on Wednesday after police and security stormed two houses outside Johannesburg. list of 3 itemsend of list Ten others were wounded in Sunday's shooting in which about a dozen gunmen in a minibus and a car targeted a tavern in the township of Bekkersdal."
"Police said the suspects arrested were found with unlicensed firearms, including four handguns and an AK-47 rifle. Fred Kekana, acting provincial commissioner of Gauteng, told reporters that police had found cartridges and live ammunition of the same type of firearms at the shooting scene in Bekkersdal. They were sent for testing to determine if they were used in the shooting."
"Authorities also arrested a South African mine employee who faces charges related to harbouring undocumented tenants and obstructing justice. On Tuesday, the pub's owner, Nonesi Matwa, was charged with fraud and operating an illegal liquor outlet, according to local media. The owner's family told the media that Matwa was being unfairly targeted. They said that she was not responsible for the violence, stating she was not the one who pulled the trigger and killed the patrons."
Police arrested 11 people in connection with the tavern shooting that killed 10 and wounded ten others in Bekkersdal. Nine Lesotho citizens and one Mozambican were among those detained after raids on two houses outside Johannesburg. About a dozen gunmen in a minibus and a car targeted the tavern. Suspects were found with unlicensed firearms, including four handguns and an AK-47 rifle. Cartridges and live ammunition matching the seized firearms were recovered and sent for testing. Authorities also arrested a South African mine employee on charges of harbouring undocumented tenants and obstructing justice. The tavern owner faces fraud and illegal liquor outlet charges.
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