Gunmen in South Africa ambush taxi drivers

Gunmen have opened fire on a minibus carrying members of a taxi drivers’ association in South Africa, killing 11 people and critically wounding four others.

The victims of the Saturday night attack had attended a colleague’s funeral and were returning home when the ambush occurred.

Police Brigadier Jay Naicker says the attack happened between the towns of Colenso and Weenen in Kwazulu-natal province.

Police are investigating possible motives.

Tensions between groups of taxi drivers vying for the same routes sometimes spill into deadly violence in South Africa.

South African media reported the deaths of ten people in violence related to rivalries among minibus taxi drivers in Cape Town over one weekend in May.