Ten members of the same family shot dead in horror massacre after mystery gunmen storm house in South Africa

TEN members of the same family, seven of them women, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa. They were ambushed by an unknown gunmen at the home in the city of Pietermaritzburg in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, police said on Friday. An unknown gunman is allegedly responsible for the horror massacre The shooting happened Thursday night or early Friday morning and police Minister Bheki Cele was due to visit the scene today. Forensic experts are reportedly on the scene and the community is said to be in shock following the murders. The motive is not yet known and a manhunt for the suspects has been launched. South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and there has been a spate of mass shootings in recent years. Eight people were fatally shot at a birthday party in the south coast city of Gqeberha in January. Last year, 16 died in a mass shooting at a bar in the Johannesburg township of Soweto when a group of armed men, some of them wielding rifles, opened fire on customers. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY… The Sun is your go to destination for the best celebrity news, football news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Download our fantastic, new and improved free App for the best ever Sun Online experience. For iPhone click here, for Android click here.  Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.