<p>Gunmen opened fire on a group of men playing dice on a street corner in a Johannesburg suburb, killing four of them and injuring two others, police said Sunday.</p>.<p>The attack on Saturday evening in Lenasia came a week after <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/two-bar-shootings-leave-19-dead-in-south-africa-1125436.html" target="_blank">two separate shootings killed 20 people</a> -- 16 at a bar in nearby Soweto and four others at a a tavern in South Africa's eastern city of Pietermaritzburg.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/gunmen-kill-10-traders-hurt-2-in-indonesias-restive-papua-1127215.html" target="_blank">Gunmen kill 10 traders, hurt 2, in Indonesia's restive Papua</a></strong></p>.<p>"Preliminary investigation suggests that a group of men were playing dice at a street corner at approximately 7:30 pm (1730 GMT) when they were attacked by unknown assailants who shot at them," police said.</p>.<p>"Four people were certified dead on the scene, while two people were taken to the nearest medical care centre after sustaining gunshot wounds."</p>.<p>Regional police chief Elias Mawela called the crime scene "horrific" in the southern suburb of South Africa's economic capital.</p>.<p>"They were seated. They were attacked for no apparent reason," he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/itbp-jawan-shoots-3-colleagues-before-killing-self-at-camp-in-jk-1127240.html" target="_blank">ITBP jawan shoots 3 colleagues before killing self at camp in J&K</a></strong></p>.<p>An investigation has been launched and police said they had launched a manhunt for the perpetrators.</p>.<p>Shootings are common in South Africa, which has one of the world's highest murder rates, fuelled by gang violence and alcohol.</p>
<p>Gunmen opened fire on a group of men playing dice on a street corner in a Johannesburg suburb, killing four of them and injuring two others, police said Sunday.</p>.<p>The attack on Saturday evening in Lenasia came a week after <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/two-bar-shootings-leave-19-dead-in-south-africa-1125436.html" target="_blank">two separate shootings killed 20 people</a> -- 16 at a bar in nearby Soweto and four others at a a tavern in South Africa's eastern city of Pietermaritzburg.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/gunmen-kill-10-traders-hurt-2-in-indonesias-restive-papua-1127215.html" target="_blank">Gunmen kill 10 traders, hurt 2, in Indonesia's restive Papua</a></strong></p>.<p>"Preliminary investigation suggests that a group of men were playing dice at a street corner at approximately 7:30 pm (1730 GMT) when they were attacked by unknown assailants who shot at them," police said.</p>.<p>"Four people were certified dead on the scene, while two people were taken to the nearest medical care centre after sustaining gunshot wounds."</p>.<p>Regional police chief Elias Mawela called the crime scene "horrific" in the southern suburb of South Africa's economic capital.</p>.<p>"They were seated. They were attacked for no apparent reason," he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/itbp-jawan-shoots-3-colleagues-before-killing-self-at-camp-in-jk-1127240.html" target="_blank">ITBP jawan shoots 3 colleagues before killing self at camp in J&K</a></strong></p>.<p>An investigation has been launched and police said they had launched a manhunt for the perpetrators.</p>.<p>Shootings are common in South Africa, which has one of the world's highest murder rates, fuelled by gang violence and alcohol.</p>