Magician Shot With Arrow on Live ‘Magic Show’ Gone Terribly Wrong

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7/1/2019|Updated: 7/1/2019

A magician was accidentally shot with a crossbow as horrified crowds watched a show gone wrong in South Africa on June 30.

The accident happened when magician Li Lau was performing an escape act and a crossbow held and fired by an apparatus hit him at the National Arts Festival (NAF) in Makhanda, according to Magic Africa, a creative consulting and magical entertainment production company.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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