Evidence allegedly links a gun to bullets removed from a child’s head during pre-election violence.

A forensic bombshell threatens to implicate a senior politician in one of South Africa’s most shocking cases of election violence. Ballistic results allegedly connect a top politician’s firearm to bullets surgically removed from a 10-year-old girl’s head following violent clashes between ANC and EFF supporters on 19 May 2024, just days before the general elections. Adding to the controversy, the child’s mother received R26,000 in cash from the politician’s associate last November, raising questions about potential attempts to silence the family. The case has become a symbol of how political violence devastates innocent lives.