8 killed in a mass shooting at a birthday party in South Africa...

No motive found till now for the killings...

On Sunday afternoon two attackers attacked a house in the Kwazakele, Gqeberha, according to police. A family member, Chinese Tys, said her brothers Vusumzi and Abdul Sishuba were celebrating Visumis birthday when they were shot and killed. Officer have said that there has not been any motive found behind the Sunday shootings. This incident follows the spate of mass gun attacks last year that shocked the nation where 19 people were killed in a random shooting. 

"These victims were killed by criminals, and we will not rest until we find out what happened and who was responsible for (this) callous and cold-blooded attack on these unsuspecting victims," said Eastern Cape South African Police Service Commissioner Nomthetheleli Lillian Mene

The family affected in this incident are in a state of shock and disbelief, they says to Reuters. Two injured are still in the hospital while the third wounded has been discharged. 

South Africa has one of the world's highest murder rates, with around 20,000 people killed every year out of a population of 60 million. According to campaign group Gun Free South Africa, there are about 3 million guns registered in the country, though there are many more unregistered. Police Minister Bheki Cele visited the site of the shooting on Monday.