Mnquma local municipality mayor Thobeka Bikitsha’s bodyguard has allegedly shot a six-year-old boy in the head in Butterworth. The boy, who is now fighting for his life at the Frere Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, was sleeping at his Resevior Hills home on Saturday evening when a bullet went through the wall and hit him, narrowly missing his mother.
Police spokesman Captain Jackson Manatha confirmed that a 31-year-old man from Butterworth handed himself to the police this morning and that he was in police custody.
"The suspect was trying to shoot a man who was allegedly robbing a person around 8.30pm on Saturday. The bullet hit a six-year-old child from another house.
"The suspect handed himself to the police and he has been charged with attempted murder,” said Manatha. 
Mnquma mayor's bodyguard shoots boy, 6
Police spokesman Captain Jackson Manatha confirmed that a 31-year-old man from Butterworth handed himself to the police this morning and that he was in police custody.
"The suspect was trying to shoot a man who was allegedly robbing a person around 8.30pm on Saturday. The bullet hit a six-year-old child from another house.
"The suspect handed himself to the police and he has been charged with attempted murder,” said Manatha.Would you like to comment on this article?
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