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Proof: 17 shot in Joburg, 10 in Cape Town — 2026 mass-killings toll now 196

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26a99e822e957092dfda4a7493bf5f1f739686c3d4035ea52e61f66570f73b59

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968902, mined 2026-09-27 23:24 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-27 21:42 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-26a99e822e95.json prints 26a99e822e957092dfda4a7493bf5f1f739686c3d4035ea52e61f66570f73b59. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-26a99e822e95.json and headline-26a99e822e95.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-26a99e822e95.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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