News24 | 8-year-old boy accused of killing cousin, 7, after getting hold of dad’s gun

Eastern Cape police are investigating an incident in which a 7-year-old boy was shot dead, allegedly by his 8-year-old cousin.

Eastern Cape police are investigating an incident in which a 7-year-old boy was shot dead, allegedly by his 8-year-old cousin.

According to police spokesperson Captain Welile Matyolo, “a case of murder was opened against the boy, while a failure to safeguard firearm charge was laid against the 48-year-old father” at the Kwaaiman police station on Thursday afternoon.

Matyolo added that the child accessed the firearm in his father’s bedroom and “pointed it at his nearby cousin, and a shot went off, instantly killing the deceased”.

The father has been released on a warning and is due to appear before the Mqanduli Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

The boy has been referred to social workers.

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