KILLED BY A STRAY BULLET

Nyanga girl, 5, shot dead while walking to shop with aunt

- BY MANDILAKHE TSHWETE

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl was killed by a stray bullet in Nyanga while walking to the shop with her aunt, sparking outrage and renewed calls for urgent safety interventions from community leaders.

The child was shot on Monday evening along Klipfontein Road, Lusaka, as gunfire erupted in the area shortly before 7 pm.

According to a community member, the little girl had just left home with her aunt to buy groceries for supper when the shooting occurred.

"Her aunt asked her to go to the shop with her. They were not even 10 minutes out and there were three gunshots. The aunt carried the child, who was weak at the time. The bullet hit her in the back and came out the front," said the community member.