MILITARY TO PROBE BLAST THAT KILLED BOY
The SA National Defence Force has launched an internal probe into the death of a North West boy and the injury of his friend in a blast in Potchefstroom on Wednesday, the military said.
On Thursday, SANDF chief General Godfrey Ngwenya said he would get to the bottom of the matter "without interfering with the police investigation".
Gift Suping's death and Daniel Mseka's injuries, sustained when a grenade they were playing with exploded in Potchefstroom on Wednesday, was regrettable, Ngwenya said.
The device exploded when either Suping or Mseka, both aged 5, tampered with it, police Superintendent Louis Jacobs said on Wednesday.
"Mseka was taken to Potchefstroom hospital where he was treated. He is in a stable condition."
Jacobs said the area where the incident happened was adjacent to military grounds.
"Our explosives unit experts determined that the device was an M6 grenade. Also on the scene we found a three inch mortar and it was destroyed in a controlled explosion."
He said both devices were believed to be of military origin.
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