Nearly 11 000 people killed by illegal guns in single year, police minister reveals
Illegal firearms behind bulk of gun murders According to Cachalia’s written reply, 10 613 people were murdered using an unlicensed firearm during the 2022/2023 financial year.
More than 10 000 people were murdered using unlicensed firearms in South Africa during the 2022/2023 financial year alone, according to figures released by acting police minister Firoz Cachalia in a written parliamentary reply.
Cachalia was responding to a question from FF Plus MP W Wessels, who asked how many people had been murdered using both legal and illegal firearms over the past four financial years, and how many of those unlicensed weapons had originally come from the SA Police Service, the SA National Defence Force or metro police.
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