A 72-year-old woman is reportedly in a critical conditional after being shot numerous times in the head and arm in Athlone, in the Western Cape.
|||Cape Town – A 72-year-old woman was shot in Athlone on Friday afternoon and has been rushed to hospital, Western Cape Government Health Emergency Medical Services said.
The provincial government’s EMS responded to the shooting incident which occurred in Oasis Street, Athlone.
Spokesperson Robert Daniels said the elderly woman had sustained “multiple gunshot wounds to her arm and head” and was rushed to Groote Schuur Hospital where she was reported to be in a critical condition.
“Police are investigating the incident, but details surrounding the incident remain unknown,” said Daniels.
African News Agency