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Two separate mass shootings have taken place in South Africa, with witnesses giving accounts of the attacks. Details about casualties, locations and suspects have not yet been confirmed beyond witness testimony describing the shootings. The incidents have drawn attention as authorities and the public await further information about how they occurred and whether they are connected.

Witnesses testified before US lawmakers that they were wrongly flagged and, in their words, 'treated like a criminal' by misuse of Flock's automated license plate reading cameras. The testimony detailed how warrantless data sharing and false hits by the surveillance network affected innocent drivers, intensifying debate over police access to plate-tracking databases and calls for stricter oversight.