Overview
- The 43-year-old father was arrested and charged with negligent handling of a firearm and is due at the Thabazimbi Magistrate’s Court today.
- Police say the boy allegedly fired at guinea fowl when a stray bullet struck a farmworker who was later declared dead at the scene.
- Investigators seized the firearm and a spent cartridge and are probing how the child accessed the weapon and whether storage laws were followed.
- The victim, described by police as an African male in his thirties, sustained a gunshot wound to the upper left chest.
- Limpopo police commissioner Thembi Hadebe issued a public warning to secure firearms, and local reports say the child is expected in court with his status not yet confirmed.