Girl, 10, kills mom with air rifle

A 10-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed her mother with an air rifle her brother got as a Christmas present, Beeld reported on Friday.

The 45-year-old woman died in a Cape Town hospital on Christmas eve, following the accident in Oude Westhoff, Bellville.

The rifle was a Christmas present for the girl's older brother.

Police spokesman Lt-Col Andre Traut told Beeld they were investigating.

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