Five killed in attack on South African church, hostages freed

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. This is not the first shooting over power at the church

and police and other officials were among those arrested this time:

Pretoria – At least five people have been killed and 40 others arrested in a church hostage drama still at the feud-ravaged International Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zuurbekom, west of Johannesburg, the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng said on Saturday.
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"Among those arrested are members of SAPS, SANDF, JMPD and the Department of Correctional Services."
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In November 2018, a shoot-out between feuding factions of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church left three people wounded outside the church headquarters in Zuurbekom. The factions have been at loggerheads since the church leader and founder Comforter Glayton Modise died in 2016.

At the time, police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said one group drove towards the church allegedly to ambush the rival group that was inside the building.“The ones inside the church saw the approaching cars and a shoot-out ensued. One person was shot and he was taken to hospital,” Masondo said.

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/pics-five-dead-40-arrested-in-gauteng-church-hostage-drama-50834866

SANDF=South African National Defence Force
JMPD=Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department