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A bullet magazine seen on top of a table.
The Justice Department says the Booysens Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg will open on Wednesday despite Tuesday’s shooting incident.
Two people were killed and three others were wounded outside the court.
The department’s Deputy Minister Andries Nel says security measures around courts need to be reviewed urgently following the incident in which gunmen opened fire on a group of people attending a court session.
He says he is engaging police management on strengthening policing around courts.
“The fact that this incident took place outside and in close proximity to the operations of the court would need us to reassess and strengthen visible policing and other security measures outside of the court. We have already raised that with the station commander. It is also a conversation we are having with the Minister of Police to strengthen policing.”
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DATE: TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2026SHOOTING INCIDENT AT BOOYSENS MAGISTRATES’ COURT
The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development has learnt with serious concern of a shooting incident at the Booysens Magistrates’…
— The DoJ & CD (@DOJCD_ZA) January 20, 2026
VIDEO| Assailants who gained access to the court through the pedestrian entrance shot at the group after a court hearing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9L6pjxzOBE
