'Shoot the bastards' says S.African ministerSouth Africa's deputy police minister on Thursday urged officers to "shoot the bastards", backing calls for tougher action against criminals days after police shot dead a three-year-old boy. "Yes. Shoot the bastards. Hard-nut to crack, incorrigible in·cor·ri·gi·ble adj. 1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal. 2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. 3. criminals," deputy minister Fikile Mbalula told reporters in Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. . South Africa's government is pushing for more police firepower to fight one of the world's highest crime rates, which is averaging 50 killings every day. Mbalula admitted that innocent victims would unavoidably suffer in South Africa's war against crime but insisted that government stood by its "shoot to kill" policy against criminals. A police officer killed a three-year-old boy on Saturday in Klipfontein, northeast of Johannesburg, during a hunt for a murder suspect. Three-year-old Atlegang Phalane was shot dead in the back seat of a car, where he was seated with his uncle Bongani Mchunu. The police officer allegedly saw a pipe that looked like a firearm. No pipe or firearm was found, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the government's police watchdog. 
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