Girl (9) among five shot dead in Durban
Five people, including a nine-year-old girl, have been
killed in two separate shooting incidents in Durban.
Medics say two men suffered multiple gunshot wounds in an incident on Carters Avenue in Berea on Sunday.
"The first one was declared dead on arrival by paramedics, while the second was in critical condition and Advanced Life Support Resusciation was attempted," says spokesperson for Emer-G-Med paramedics Kyle van Reenen.
"However the man succumbed to his injuries and was declared on the scene. The facts surrounding the incident and the events preceeding it are unclear and will form the subject of a South African Police Services investigation."
Van Reenen says an hour after the midday shooting, emergency teams were alerted to an attack on Peters Road in Springfield Park.
A bakkie had been sprayed with high-calibre bullets.
A man and a woman who were sitting in the front died at the scene.
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"A teenage female who was seated in the back of the vehicle was found in a critical condition. Advanced Life Support intervention was needed to stabilise her and due to her extensive injuries, she went into a state of cardiac arrest.
"CPR efforts were successful and she was rushed by ambulance under the care of an Emergency Care Practitioner to a nearby hospital for further care."
The girl succumbed to her injuries in hospital.
