{
  "id": 10381921,
  "title": "Death toll rises to 18 in Wedela tavern shooting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/death-toll-rises-to-18-in-wedela-tavern-shooting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T06:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/death-toll-rises-to-18-in-wedela-tavern-shooting/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Police say patrons were drinking at a tavern when eight armed men arrived and opened fire on them.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Wedela tavern mass shooting: Death toll rises to 18 as police hunt gunmen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/wedela-tavern-mass-shooting-death-toll-rises-to-18-as-police-hunt",
        "published": "2026-09-28T05:06:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Elite police team deployed as Wedela Tavern massacre death toll rises",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/elite-police-team-deployed-as-wedela-tavern-massacre-death-toll-rises",
        "published": "2026-09-28T06:55:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}