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AGENCIES
JOHANNESBURG, SEPT 16: A South African soldier killed seven people and injured five, one of them seriously, today in a shooting spree at a military base in the central city of Bloemfontein and was then shot dead himself, police said.
``The suspect was killed in a shootout between himself and members of the SANDF (South African National Defence Force),'' a police statement said.Five people, all white, were wounded, in the attack at 1 South African Infantry Battalion at the Tempe Military Base, the statement said.
``We are following up that (the racial) line of investigation, but we can't speculate on a motive at this point,'' police spokeswomen Johlene Van Der Merwe said.
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