‘I’m scared these men can come back and shoot us all’: teen survivor of Eastern Cape shooting

Boy, 13, recalls terror of witnessing fatal shooting of five family members

21 October 2024 - 13:15 By Lulamile Feni

“I closed my eyes as they started shooting, but one man argued we are harmless children and they must not kill us.”..

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