South Africa experienced a devastating wave of violence with two separate mass shooting incidents occurring within hours of each other near Johannesburg and Cape Town. At least 27 individuals lost their lives in these coordinated attacks carried out by armed assailants wielding automatic weapons. Authorities have launched an intensive manhunt to apprehend the perpetrators responsible for these tragic incidents, marking one of the country's deadliest periods of gun violence in recent times.

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