As of the 2022/2023 fiscal year, the most frequently occurring factor for multiple murders in South Africa was mass shootings, with nine reported cases. These mass shootings were responsible for the majority of murders that involved five or more murders in one separate incident.
Occurrence of multiple murders in South Africa in South Africa in 2022/2023, by factor
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The values were taken from quarterly South African Police Service reports from 2022/2023, and have been aggregated by Statista in order to get the total values.
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