Twelve dead, nine injured after late-night shooting near Johannesburg

At least 12 people have been killed and nine injured after gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement near Johannesburg, South African authorities say. Police said in a statement that they had launched a manhunt for more than 10 suspects following the late-night attack at the Jumpers informal settlement in the suburb of Cleveland. The motive for the attack is not known. Police said the suspects arrived in a white Toyota minibus and entered the settlement from two access points. They opened fire at multiple locations before fleeing in the same vehicle. The victims were nine males and three females, according to police. Eleven of them died at the scene and the 12th died in hospital. South Africa has one of the world's highest murder rates, averaging about 60 a day. Informal settlements in South Africa are unplanned residential areas usually made up of shacks or similar structures. There have been several high-profile mass shootings in South Africa recently, including two in December that killed more than 20 people in total. One of those also involved multiple shooters. The shootings are sometimes linked to illegal mining gangs that operate in and around Johannesburg. Wires/ABC