South Africa: 15 dead after gunmen open fire at bar in Soweto township

South African police investigate reports group of men arrived in taxi and opened fire on patrons

Gunmen used automatic rifles and powerful handguns to kill 15 people and injure a further eight in a mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township in the early hours of Sunday.

The attack in the Nomzamo informal settlement occurred shortly after midnight when a group of men arrived in a Toyota minibus and entered the bar, neighbours told the Guardian.