{
  "id": 16484839,
  "title": "Lavender Hill shooting survivor tells how he played dead to escape gunmen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/lavender-hill-shooting-survivor-tells-how-he-played-dead-to-escape",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2026-10-25-lavender-hill-shooting-survivor-tells-how-he-played-dead-to-escape-gunmen/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Lavender Hill shooting survivor says he played dead after being shot in the leg, as gunmen stepped over him during an attack that killed five people and wounded three others.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}