Two mass shootings kill 27 in one night in South Africa, near Johannesburg and Cape Town
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the same fact, two accounts
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SwedenStockholm views these two South African shootings in light of a staggering statistic: around 60 deaths per day in the country, according to AFP.
What each one tells
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AustraliaCanberra links these two South African shootings to a structural problem of illegal firearms rather than an isolated incident
- Sweden
Statistical
the toll is immediately included in the AFP figure of 60 daily deaths rather than in the authorities' response.
Assembly of distinct facts
the news feed groups the double shooting with an unrelated serial killer case in Ekurhuleni.
What the account puts first
AustraliaSecurity
the narrative focuses attention on the structural problem of illegal firearms rather than the social context of the townships
- Sweden
this perspective does not carry this information
What it leans on
Australia onlyAustraliaReliance on a single police source
the motive retained for Wedela is based on the statement of a single regional commissioner relayed by journalists
and the figures
17 dead
Assessment of the Wedela shooting incident
deaths
same figure17 shot dead
10 dead
Assessment of the Lwandle shooting
deaths
same figure10 dead
around 60 people killed every day
Daily homicide rate in South Africa
homicides/day
only one reports itthis press does not report this figure