{
  "id": 11182174,
  "title": "Police vetting and firearm controls questioned after IPID GBVF figures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/police-vetting-and-firearm-controls-questioned-after-ipid-gbvf-figures",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/2026-10-01-police-vetting-and-firearm-controls-questioned-after-ipid-gbvf-figures/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "IPID’s 2025/26 annual report recorded 5 259 cases, including 332 linked to gender-based violence and femicide, prompting calls for tighter police vetting, firearm controls and accountability.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}