Crowd shot during theatre concert in CAR capital
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- 28 August, 2017
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Baku. 28 August. REPORT.AZ/ One person was killed when a man jumped on stage and began shooting at the crowd during a concert at the Hillbrow Theatre in the early hours of Sunday morning in Johannesburg, capital of Central African Republic (CAR).
Report informs citing the News 24.
"The suspect jumped onto the stage while a band was performing. He then grabbed a microphone and claimed that he would stop the band unless he got back his stolen cellphone," said police spokesperson Colonel Lungelo Dlamini in a statement.
"When the audience tried to intervene, he fired shots randomly and eight people were shot."
One person was killed and seven were seriously injured.
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