Cape community gathers for funeral of six-year-old killed in gang violence

CAPE TOWN - The community of Lavender Hill will gather on Saturday to bury one of its youngest members.

Scores of people are expected to gather at a Lavender Hill church from 8am to bid farewell to Pienaar, a grade R learner from Levana Primary School. Gunmen appeared to be targeting a man last Saturday morning. However, one of their bullets struck the child while she was doing what any child would normally be doing, playing outside her home.In Manenberg last month, three children were shot and wounded during a gang fight.

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