Cape Town - Two children are recovering in hospital after being caught in the crossfire during a shooting on Thursday night in Cape Town.
Police spokesman Andre Traut said the bullets began flying at around 5.50pm in Paulsberg Street in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain.
“A 20-year-old was shot and wounded,” Traut reported.
Police then received reports two children, aged 7 and 8, had been shot outside a barber shop on the corner of Paulsberg and Karbonkelberg streets.
“We have reason to believe the shootings were related,” Traut said.
Police did not think the children had been deliberately targeted, prompting speculation they had been caught in the crossfire.
Traut said the identities of all three victims were being kept confidential.
The two children were “out of danger”, medically, he said.
* A 22-year-old man died after he was shot several times in the early hours of on Friday morning in Bramble Way, Bonteheuwel.
Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said the incident occurred at 1.50am.
He asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
* Police following up on information regarding drugs at a residence in Ascot Street, Kraaifontein, on Thursday discovered 70 live dagga plants in the back yard. A parcel of dagga was found in the garage.
When questioned about an empty gun safe, a 32-year-old man pointed out a shotgun and ammunition hidden in the roof, registered in his father’s name.
He was arrested on charges of cultivation and possession of dagga; possession of an unlicensed firearm and the illegal possession of ammunition.
He is due to appear in court once he has been charged.
Cape Argus