Teen athlete gets a shot in the arm, but not the good kind

22 September 2019 - 00:00 By NIVASHNI NAIR

For almost nine months Coney Rossouw, 16, attended school, participated in shot put competitions and went about her daily life without knowing that she had a 9mm bullet lodged in her right arm...

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