Two suspects have been arrested for the violent farm attack and 13 hour torture of Francis Davidson (74) in his farm house in Maclear in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
On 26 April 2023, at 18:00, three attackers gained entry to the home by forcing open the front door.
Francis Davidson was assaulted, beaten with a blunt object, burned with paraffin, dragged around the garden and tied up.
The attackers made themselves dinner, ransacked the home and only fled the following day at 07:00.
The attackers left the scene in the farmers bakkie with a number of household items. The bakkie was later found burnt out.
The two arrested attackers aged 23 and 34 were found with a number of stolen items.
They will appear in the Maclear court on Tuesday 2 May 2023.
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