News24 | Double tragedy for Eastern Cape family as woman and unborn child killed in shooting

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A pregnant Lucasta Plaatjies was shot and killed while walking home from a wedding.

A pregnant Lucasta Plaatjies was shot and killed while walking home from a wedding.

A night, which started as a celebration, ended in tragedy for a Gqeberha woman and her unborn child when she was shot on her way home from a wedding at the weekend.

Lucasta Plaatjies and her unborn baby were both killed.

Plaatjies, 23, who was in the early stages of pregnancy, was walking with a friend in Almond Street, Jacksonville, early on Sunday morning when she was shot in the head.

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