South Africa's deputy police minister has stood by his force's tough, shoot-to-kill policy, days after a three-year-old boy was shot dead by officers.
Fikile Mbalula said it was inevitable that innocent people would get caught in crossfire.
And referring to what he called "incorrigible criminals", he urged the police to "shoot the bastards".
The boy was killed on Saturday as police hunted a murder suspect, sparking a national outcry.
"Yes. Shoot the bastards. Hard-nut to crack, incorrigible criminals," Mr Mbalula said.
Sheer violence
"Where you are caught in combat with criminals, innocent people are going to die - not deliberately but in the exchange of fire. They are going to be caught on the wrong side, not deliberately, but unavoidably."
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