Bullet proof cubes could be built around playgrounds to keep kids safe in South Africa

The South African company behind the pitch says 'an outrageous problem requires an outrageous solution.'

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Bulletproof cubes may be installed on playgrounds in South Africa after a schoolgirl was caught in the crossfire of a gangland shootout. Cubes equipped with CCTV, panic buttons and a hotline to summon police may be installed at an estimated cost of £425,000, as part of an anti-gun charity campaign.

But the ‘outrageous problem’ of children being killed or injured in classrooms, playgrounds and on their way home has got so bad, Gun Free SA has had to come up with an ‘outrageous solution’. Cubes equipped with CCTV, panic buttons and a hotline to summon police may be installed at an estimated cost of £425,000, as part of Gun Free SA’s The Bulletproof Park project. The 20m by 20m boxes can take 24 children each session.

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