Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Nine-month-old killed by stray bullet

By Tando Mfengwana

Police have arrested a 37-year-old man in Netreg, Cape Town, this after he allegedly shot dead a nine-month-old baby.

The baby was hit by a stray bullet on the left side of her head when she was sitting in front of her house in Ranunclus Road, Kalksteenfontein. She was taken to the Tygerberg hospital where she later died of her injuries.

Police spokesperson Nomathemba Mgwebile says that the man will appear in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate Court a charge of murder on Thursday.

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