South Africa: Fears Rise Over South African Firearms Being Smuggled Into Warzones

16 February 2017

Extreme weapons from the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), including a machine gun that rips apart its targets, have been stolen and in some cases apparently smuggled out of South Africa for use in warzones.

And loopholes in firearms legislation may have made this easier.

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