Boy, 3, dies after Muden shooting
2013-03-15 11:32
Pietermaritzburg - A boy wounded in the Muden shooting has
died in hospital, bringing the death toll to seven, KwaZulu-Natal police said
on Friday.
Colonel Vincent Mdunge said the 3-year-old boy died in
hospital on Thursday.
Six people were shot dead in their rondavels in Muden, near
Greytown, on Saturday morning.
Three others were critically injured and were taken to
hospital, Mdunge said.
A 4-year old boy had since been discharged, but a
17-year-old youth was still in a critical condition in hospital.
Overnight attack
Mdunge said a family was sleeping in separate rondavels when
five men armed men with AK-47 assault rifles and handguns attacked them at 03:00.
"These men started to raid the rondavels and flat
houses [all in the same settlement] room by room.
"In one rondavel, there were four men sleeping; all
were killed," said Mdunge. Two men in other rondavels were also killed.
"They were all adults and brothers. One deceased,
however, was a nephew to the family," said Mdunge.
A man sleeping at the far end of the settlement heard the
gunshots.
"He jumped out of the rondavel and escaped without
being harmed."
Mdunge said there were women in some of the houses,
including a 90-year-old. They were not harmed.
Nothing was stolen. Police were investigating and no arrests
had been made.
- SAPA
