Massive manhunt after midnight massacre in South African town

A brutal burst of gunfire that witnesses say lasted more than an hour has prompted a major police deployment to a settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg, as investigators race to unravel a massacre and find those responsible.

Provincial and district detectives, crime intelligence officers, and forensic experts have been deployed to investigate the massacre and track down the killers.

Jumpers resident Gugu Magaqa said the gunfire rang for more than an hour before an eerie quiet fell over the settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg.