
Cape Town – Most of the Cape Town children who are wounded or killed from firearm-related incidents are caught in the crossfire, the majority being shot outside their homes, a local study has found.
The study, which was presented by Dr Tyson Welzel, a senior lecturer at UCT’s division of emergency medicine at Stellenbosch University on Wednesday, also showed that boys between six and 12 were at greater risk of being shot than girls of the same age group.
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