Two black men, one an employee of the South African Police Service (SAPS), were arrested for a farm attack after a farmer was left for dead on his Kareebosbult farm in Coligny, North West police said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said four black men entered the farm and found the white owner with his two employees on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe latter (employees) were allegedly taken to the office and their hands tied with wires, while the victim (farmer) was forced into the house. The suspects ransacked the house and severely assaulted the victim before fleeing the scene with a white Golf,\u201d Mokgwabone said.<\/p>\n
The farmer, Mr Peet Nortje (84), managed to escape and went to the neighbouring farm where he reported the matter.<\/p>\n
He said the two were arrested along the N12 highway on Wednesday, after Coligny police alerted their counterparts in Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom to be on the lookout for a white Golf occupied by four men.<\/p>\n
The car was stopped and the two were arrested, the other two were still at large.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the arrested suspects is an administration clerk employed by the SAPS. The internal disciplinary investigation will be instituted against the employee. At this stage, the exact robbed items cannot be determined as the farm owner could not be interviewed due to the injuries he sustained and is still admitted at the hospital,\u201d said Mokgwabone.<\/p>\n
Nortje was brutally attacked and his firearms were stolen.<\/p>\n
Mokgwabone said two firearms belonging to the farmer were found inside the policeman’s house.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspects are due to appear in court soon. Investigation into the matter continues,\u201d said Mokgwabone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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