National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola has raised alarm over the growing recruitment of children and teens by gangs in Westbury, Johannesburg.
This comes after a recent shooting in the area claimed the lives of a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old. Four other minors, the youngest only 13, were hospitalised after being shot by suspected members of a rival gang.
Masemola received a briefing last week about gang-related violence that continues to plague the community.
In December last year, two teenagers aged 13 and 17 were killed in a drive-by shooting in Lavender Hill in Cape Town. Videos of their bodies were circulated on social media and exposed the deadly pull of gangsterism among children in impoverished areas.
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