Cameras don't curb gunshot send-offs
30 June 2015 - 02:02
A hi-tech CCTV surveillance system valued at nearly R1-million has done little to stop gunshot salutes at funerals at Redhill Cemetery in Durban North. At the weekend residents near the cemetery dived for cover when a gunfire salute of more than a hundred bullets rang out over the suburb.Residents have complained for years that graveside shooting puts their lives in danger, prompting the city to beef up security by installing a hi-tech CCTV surveillance system last year.
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