CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Gunmen who opened fire at a taxi stand in a small coastal South African town killed four people who were sitting in a minibus and wounded another four Tuesday, police said.
The motive for the attack was unknown, police said.
Brig. Jay Naicker, a police spokesperson, said in a statement that the gunmen opened fire on the taxi minibus in the east coast town of Port Shepstone, killing four of the occupants. Four other people were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, Mr. Naicker said.
In April, 10 members of the same family died when gunmen entered their home in what police described as a predawn ambush. Seven of the victims were female and one was a 13-year-old boy, police said.
Although shootings often involve illegal firearms, South Africa struggles with a high crime rate across the board, not only gun crime.
