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South African police hunt gunmen after two mass shootings kill 27
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES
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27 Sep, 12:07 UTC
Police hunt gunmen after two South Africa shootings kill 27
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27 Sep, 18:08 UTC
South African police hunt gunmen after two shootings kill 27
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28 Sep, 12:06 UTC
South African police hunt gunmen after two mass shootings kill 27
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.
Entered the story later
- 28 another victim · from 28 Sep 09:15, 2 outlets
Figures reported with different numbers
- people killed: 27 (6 from 27 Sep 08:30) → 10 (1 from 27 Sep 10:00) → 11 (1 from 27 Sep 10:00)
- people dead: 30 (1 from 27 Sep 06:51) → 27 (5 from 27 Sep 07:45)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.