{"id":3804,"date":"2013-01-29T09:25:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T09:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=3804"},"modified":"2013-01-29T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T09:25:06","slug":"man-shot-dead-in-muldersdrift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=3804","title":{"rendered":"Man shot dead in Muldersdrift"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3805\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/muldersdrift_protest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3805\" title=\"muldersdrift_protest\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/muldersdrift_protest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relatives and friends of the victims protesting against the wave of killings in Muldersdrift, including that of a young girl Alyssa Botha (13)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muldersdrift, the killing field north of Johannesburg, continues to exact a harsh toll on lower middle class whites living in rental properties on smallholdings. They are being targeted by black gangs operating in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sapa reports that a Muldersdrift man was shot dead during an attempted robbery at his home on Friday, according to police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man walked into his house to find three men holding his wife at gunpoint on Thursday, said Inspector Solomon Sibiya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;According to the wife, there was a struggle for the gun and one of the robbers was shot with their own firearm&#8230;. Her husband was then shot twice in the chest.&#8221; He later died. The woman was unharmed. The robbers fled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;When we got to there, we found the gun which was used in the shooting, a crowbar and a flat screen TV that the robbers were trying to take,&#8221; said Sibiya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beeld newspaper reported that the robbery occurred while Gauteng police commissioner Mzwandile Petros was addressing Muldersdrift residents about crime in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muldersdrift has been hit by a string of killings, house and business robberies since July.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to The Star, one street in particular had been targeted, with 93 percent of households hit in Clinic Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muldersdrift, the killing field north of Johannesburg, continues to exact a harsh toll on lower middle class whites living in rental properties on smallholdings. They are being targeted by black gangs operating in the area. 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