FARM ATTACK INFO-MESSINA

[Nat Quinn]

Plaasterreur: Meer besonderhede het aan die lig gekom oor die plaasaanval op 8 Januarie op ‘n plaas in die Messina-distrik op ‘n egpaar en hul drie kinders. Die egpaar is Natie (36) en Jean-Mari (34) Vos en hulle is met hul drie kinders om ongeveer 02:00 in hul plaashuis deur vyf aanvallers oorval; Natie is o.m. met ‘n hamer en gholfstokke geslaan en is steeds in ‘n ernstige toestand in die Pholoso Hospitaal in Pietersburg, waarheen hy per ambulans oor sowat 200 km vervoer is; Jean-Mari is uit die hospitaal ontslaan maar waak by haar man in die hospitaal, terwyl die kinders by familie versorg word. Die gesin is wreed aangerand en gemartel en van ses gewere, ‘n pistool, ‘n groot aantal huishoudelike items, al die klere in hul kaste en selfs die kos in die yskaste beroof. Soos vroeër berig, is die gesteelde goedere later in ‘n verlate huis in Campbell gevind, terwyl die Toyota Hilux bakkie verlate by ‘n nabygeleë stortingsterrein opgespoor is. Die soektog na die aanvallers duur steeds voort.

Farm violence: More details have emerged about the Jan. 8 farm attack on a farm in Messina County that Secerly attacked a couple and their three children. The couple are Natie (36) and Jean-Mari (34) Vos and they with their three children were attacked by five assailants at about 02:00 in their farmhouse; Natie was hit with a hammer and golf clubs and is still in a serious condition in the Pholoso Hospital in Pietersburg, where he went Transported by ambulance over about 200 km; Jean-Mari was discharged from the hospital but is watching over her husband in the hospital, while the children are cared for by family. The family was brutally assaulted and tortured and robbed of six rifles, a pistol, a large number of household items, all the clothes in their closets and even the food in the fridges. As reported earlier, the stolen goods were later found in an abandoned house in Campbell, while the Toyota Hilux bakkie was found abandoned at a nearby landfill site. The search for the attackers is still ongoing.

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