Inevitably Broken Rule: If you introduce a rule for a character to follow, expect someone to break it without fail.Same for unexplained itches, unless they lead to something more. If you coughed in the first act, you can bet that you'll be dead by the third. Incurable Cough of Death: The medical Chekhov's Gun.Headache of Doom: If you have a headache, expect it to turn out to be for a very serious reason.(Unless you've crossed the Godzilla Threshold or something.) Forbidden Chekhov's Gun: Never do this.Empty Room Psych: In a video game, all places must have a purpose.Conspicuously Light Patch: The Chekhov's Gun of old, traditional animation, where anything obviously not part of the static (and often painted) background layer will be put to use by a character.Chekhov's Volcano: If it wasn't going to erupt, it would have just been a mountain.Chekhov's Skill: What you learn along the way can be a Chekhov's Gun.Chekhov's Party: If a party happens or is mentioned, pay close attention.Chekhov's News: When a news report mentions something that will be important later.
Gauteng police commissioner Mawela told Reuters that there had been a third shooting during a suspected robbery in a tavern in Katlehong, also outside Johannesburg, on Thursday night, which killed two people and wounded two others. They were the creations of white minority rule, which ended in 1994 but whose legacy of widespread poverty, youth unemployment and violence persists nearly three decades later. Soweto is the largest of the country's Black townships.
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There are about 3 million guns registered in the country, according to campaign group Gun Free South Africa, though many more are thought to be circulating on the black market.Īt the scene of the shooting in Soweto, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, crowds gathered around the police cordon while officers combed the area for clues - one carrying zip-locked bags full of spent bullet cartridges. South Africa, home to about 60 million people, is one of the world's most violent countries with 20,000 people murdered every year, one of the highest per-capita murder rates globally. The killers from both incidents are on the run, according to police, who said it was not clear how many attackers were involved in either shooting. Officers said they did not believe the two shootings were linked.
on Saturday, in a tavern in Pietermaritzburg, 500 km southeast of Soweto, which saw four people killed and eight wounded. Police confirmed a second apparently random shooting hours earlier, at around 8:30 p.m. "Then he was rushed to hospital, where he died."īar waiter Thobani Mhlabiso said he hid behind the fridge to survive the onslaught.
"I'm so heartbroken," said the 59-year-old gardener, adding that Sthemibiso's girlfriend had arrived on the scene shortly after the shooting to find him still breathing. Sololo Mjoli's two sons, Sthembiso, 34, Luyanda, 18, and were both killed in the attack at the bar in one of Soweto's poorer neighbourhoods, made up mostly of metal sheet shacks. "You can see by the way the bullet cartridges are cast around that they were just shooting randomly," said Elias Mawela, police commissioner for Gauteng province. JOHANNESBURG, July 10 (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 19 people in two apparently random shootings within hours of each other at taverns in South Africa, police said on Sunday, reinforcing the country's bleak status as a global centre for murder.Īttackers armed with rifles and pistols opened fire in the Orlando East bar in the township of Soweto in the early hours of Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding nine, police said.
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