At least nine people were killed early Sunday as a group of assailants opened fired with pistols and an assault rifle at a South African tavern, local police officials said.

Nine people were killed and 10 wounded in an early morning shooting in a township south-west of Johannesburg and authorities have launched a manhunt for the suspects, the South African Police Service ...

About 12 unknown suspects in a white minibus and a silver sedan opened fire at the tavern patrons and continued shooting randomly as they fled the scene, the police said.