Mpumalanga police said they were concerned about guns ending in the hands of children after patrolling officers came across a group of boys aged between 6 and 9 playing with a firearm.
Johannesburg - Mpumalanga police said they were concerned about guns ending in the hands of children after patrolling officers came across a group of boys aged between 6 and 9 playing with a firearm.Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said the two officers were conducting their normal duties when they noticed a group of children playing next to a dumping site.
"The members became curious to know what that was and at that moment the children ran away. Upon checking the item, the officers realised that what they thought was a toy gun was actually a real gun. "One of the children must have brought it from home with them because it would have been dirty if they had found it at the dumping site. Due to the fact that the children fled when police got closer to them, their parents are not known.
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