South Africa 9-year-old Indian-origin girl killed in a botched car hijacking in Chatsworth in Durban

A nine-year-old Indian-origin girl was killed in a botched car hijacking, leading to angry protests by the community members in the Indian township of Chatsworth in Durban. The girl, was on her way to school with her father when three armed men allegedly accosted and hijacked the car she was in and sped away with her. In an ensuing chase in which the hijackers and community members shot at each other, the hijackers crashed the car they were in. The girl was found shot and critically injured while one of the hijackers tumbled out of the car dead. She was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to her serious injuries. A second hijacker was arrested by an off-duty policeman, while the third one escaped. Following the incident, more than 3,000 members of the community converged outside Chatsworth police station calling for urgent police action. As the small contingent of officers at the police station allegedly came under severe verbal abuse and threats of physical action from protestors, they resorted to firing rubber bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades to disperse the crowd, which included scores of children.