AN 11-year-old boy was killed in a shootout between robbers and a resident on Wednesday morning in Hlongwane Section, Katlehong, on the East Rand, police said.
Police representative Annaline Prinsloo said in a media statement on Wednesday that two armed men entered a house in the area, and held a man – identified only as ”Thomas” – and his girlfriend at gunpoint.
The robbers stole R100 from the house, money apparently owed to them.
The robbers fled, and Thomas ran after them and opened fire.
It was in the crossfire that Sifisiso Banda (11) was killed by a stray bullet which hit him in the chest.
Banda and his 35-year-old cousin were walking in the street, selling household products door-to-door.
Banda died on the scene. No one else was injured, and the robbers and the owner of the house all fled.
A case of murder is being investigated. – Sapa