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Proof: Mass shootings in South Africa; police launch manhunt

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T01:21:35Z","headline":"Mass shootings in South Africa; police launch manhunt","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"timesofindia","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/27-killed-in-two-separate-mass-shootings-near-south-africas-biggest-cities/articleshow/134515864.cms","v":1}

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28dbd8ad46b88db71b5e5b8a457f11a8132a4b42ec35e18a05916b2b6e556711

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968915, mined 2026-09-28 01:32 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 01:22 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 00:33 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-28dbd8ad46b8.json prints 28dbd8ad46b88db71b5e5b8a457f11a8132a4b42ec35e18a05916b2b6e556711. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-28dbd8ad46b8.json and headline-28dbd8ad46b8.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-28dbd8ad46b8.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.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.