New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- As many as nine people were killed, and 10 others were injured in an attack at Bekkersdal township outside Johannesburg, police said Sunday, in the second mass shooting in South Africa this month. Police initially said 10 people were killed but later revised the toll downwards.

"Some victims were randomly shot in the streets by unknown gunmen," a police statement said .We don't have a breakdown of who they are," Brigadier Brenda Muridili, police spokesperson for Gauteng province, told AFP. The wounded were taken to hospital, police said.

The shooting took place near a tavern or informal bar in Bekkersdal, an impoverished area near some of South Africa's major gold mines.

The motive for the attack at Bekkersdal, 40...