Five suspects arrested after violent South African farm robbery
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Five suspects have been arrested after a violent farm robbery in Syferfontein, near Ventersdorp, South Africa. A 50-year-old farmer was shot and mutilated during Wednesday’s attack; provincial police also seized four firearms, according to North West police.
Police in South Africa’s North West province have arrested three additional suspects after the violent farm robbery in Syferfontein, near Ventersdorp, bringing the number of people detained to five, IOL reports. The attack, which took place on Wednesday 28 October, left one person injured: a 50-year-old farmer who was shot and had his ears cut off.
The three suspects were arrested on Sunday 1 November in Promosa, near Potchefstroom, by Ventersdorp investigators supported by the provincial gang-fighting unit. Police seized four firearms, two of them linked to the case, as well as clothing and jewellery, said Adele Myburgh, a spokeswoman for the provincial police.
The five suspects, aged between 26 and 56, are due to appear in the Ventersdorp and Potchefstroom magistrates’ courts on Tuesday. They are charged with house robbery, attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, according to IOL.
