Child shot, injured in La Mercy house robbery
A nine-year-old boy is being treated in hospital, after he was shot by robbers at a home in La Mercy.
Reports from the scene are that the child was shot as the five-member gang opened fire towards the house, while running to their getaway car, a VW Golf.
"One of the bullets struck the child's abdomen. The child is currently in a private hospital in a stable condition," IPSS Medical Rescue's Paul Herbst says.
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The gunmen entered the property under the ruse of enquiring about a creche that's run from home.
They robbed family members of their personal belongings before driving off.