At least 27 people were killed in two separate mass shootings within hours in South African townships near Johannesburg and Cape Town. Eight gunmen armed with AK-47s and pistols attacked a bar in Wedela township late Saturday, killing 17, while another shooting early Sunday in Lwandle township left 10 dead.
As many as 22 Maoists, including a divisional committee member and six area committee members, surrendered to the Odisha police along with firearms, ammunition and explosives. The surrendered cadres carried a collective reward of Rs 1.84 crore and were given interim relief
The incident took place in the house a CAF jawan Ashish Tirki under Gandhinagar police station limits in Ambikapur town of Surguja district in Surguja division of Chhattisgarh
