An accidental shooting occurred in Meyersdal View Estate on August 7 that left 47-year-old Fatima Lambet Issa dead.
According to Warrant Officer Gerhard Cornelius of Brackendowns SAPS, the gun went off while family members looked at their father’s gun.
“The father took out the magazine of the firearm and showed the family what the gun looks like. When one of the children picked up the gun, it went off and Issa was fatally wounded in the chest,” said Cornelius.
Issa was visiting the Meyersdal household from Leicester in the United Kingdom when the incident occurred.
There is still no clear explanation for the shooting and it is being investigated.
Even though emergency services arrived on time, Issa could not be saved.
SAPS provincial spokesperson Colonel Noxolo Kweza told the Alberton Record that cases of negligent handling of firearms and culpable homicide were opened.
According to Kweza, no arrests have been made and no further information is available.
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