News24 | 'We are going to take you to your graves': Inside the deadly Vosloorus church shooting

A 55-year-old woman was shot dead and two others wounded during a robbery at the Vision of God church in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni. (sakchai vongsasiripat/Getty Images)

Moments before several gunshots rang out at a church in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni, a brave 55-year-old woman tried to warn congregants of an impending robbery – but the woman was shot in the face and had her head smashed in by the attackers.

When four gunmen stormed the Vision of God Church in the early hours of Sunday morning, congregants dropped to the floor in terror, crying and praying to God to save them.

In addition to shooting and killing the 55-year-old woman, the attackers also shot the pastor and a woman who was in the kitchen cooking for the congregants.

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