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Proof: Mass shootings in South Africa; police launch manhunt

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T00:31:48Z","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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a70eab9bb090fcaa01edd9bf6eb9e89eeace669e8063b7f4424fda4786a8a64c

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968910, mined 2026-09-28 00:50 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 00:32 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-a70eab9bb090.json prints a70eab9bb090fcaa01edd9bf6eb9e89eeace669e8063b7f4424fda4786a8a64c. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-a70eab9bb090.json and headline-a70eab9bb090.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-a70eab9bb090.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.