By Nnenna Ibeh

A mass shooting by three men in South Africa has left six people dead and four others injured, Al Jazeera Reports.

The victims were said to have been hit when the yet-to-be-identified men entered the yard of a home in KwaNobuhle near the town of Kariega in the Eastern Cape province and opened fire on Tuesday, July 11, night.

Noting that the suspects whom their motive for such an act is unclear as they are yet to be arrested, the Police said that a search for the perpetrators is ongoing.

According to the Police five men and a woman were killed in the shooting. A woman was among those wounded during the attack.

“It is alleged that … three unknown males entered the yard and opened fire at people who were in the property or nearby to the house,” police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says.

“Two females were shot at the gate. One female succumbed to her injuries while the other sustained gunshot wounds,” the police spokesperson adds.

Police said the motive for the shooting is unclear.

Gun Violence in South Africa

South Africa has witnessed a series of mass shootings, with at least 15 people killed in the township of Soweto in Johannesburg after numerous gunmen shot at people at a bar last year.

In January, eight people were shot at a birthday party in the same Eastern Cape province, while a child was among 10 members of the same family killed at a house in April.