约翰内斯堡 — — 警方称，周二晚间，一名枪手在南非对离开一名地方政客纪念仪式的哀悼者群体开火，造成至少两名男子死亡、五人受伤。
JOHANNESBURG — A gunman fired on a group of mourners leaving a memorial service for a local politician in South Africa late Tuesday, killing at least two men and injuring five others, police said.
警方称，约翰内斯堡东南部卡特勒翁镇此次枪击事件中至少有一名受伤者是儿童。他们表示，嫌疑枪手在自首后已被拘留。
At least one of those wounded in the shooting in Katlehong township, southeast of Johannesburg , was a child, police said. They said the suspected gunman was in custody after turning himself in.
南非警察局在一份声明中表示，此起枪击事件正由政治性杀人专案小组进行调查。
The shooting is being investigated by a political killings task team, the South African Police Service said in a statement.
当地媒体报道称，两名遇害者是南非国大党青年联盟成员，该党是南非议会中最大的政党。报道还称，他们参加的纪念仪式是为一名当地国大党领袖女性举行的，该领袖本月在一起疑似政治动机的枪击事件中被击毙。
Local media reported that the two victims were members of the youth league of the African National Congress party , the largest party in South Africa’s Parliament. The reports also said the memorial service they attended was for a woman who was a local ANC leader and was fatally shot this month in a killing suspected to be politically motivated.
警方未立即确认遇害者身份，仅表示他们曾参加一名“政党成员”的纪念活动。南非枪支犯罪率居高不下，包括与地方政治竞争相关的枪击事件。
Police did not immediately confirm the identity of the victims and only said they had attended a memorial for a “member of a political party.”South Africa has high rates of gun crime , including shootings related to local political rivalries.
全球反跨国有组织犯罪倡议组织本月早些时候的一份报告称，今年南非已发生43起疑似出于政治动机的杀人事件。
A report earlier this month by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime said there had been 43 killings in South Africa this year that were suspected to be politically motivated.
南非将于11月4日举行地方选举，以决定哪些政党将控制市议会。
South Africa will hold local elections on Nov. 4 to decide which parties control municipal councils. AP Africa news: