On 3 December 2018, around 14:00 members of Burgersdorp SAPS arrested two suspects after a farm attack / house robbery occurred at ALFALFA farm in the Burgersdorp district earlier during the day.
It is alleged that three suspects entered the house of Mr Jannie Terburg 81 year old around 11:00. They tied up the domestic worker and two garden workers in the bathroom and when the owner of the farm returned to his house with a farm worker from the veld they were met by the suspects who attacked him and tied him up in the passage. The farm worker was also taken to the bathroom.
They ransacked the house and took several items including a firearm and ammunition. They took off with the victims white Isuzu bakkie and fled the scene. Around 14:00 farmers in the area spotted the victims bakkie in the Burgersdorp vicinity and found it suspicious being driven by an unknown male being accompanied by two unknown passengers. They alerted the police while tracing vehicle.
A chase ensued by SAPS members and police managed to recover the bakkie at Tembisa township. Shots were fired during the chase to deter the suspects. Police managed to arrest one of the suspects at that stage.
A pistol and ammunition was recovered and a bag with a saw and other items was found in the vehicle. The other two suspects managed to run away.
During the afternoon members of the community alerted the police about a suspicious male requesting for assistance in the Tembisa area and noted that he was wounded. Police chased to the scene and arrested the second suspect.
The Cluster Commander Brig Trevor Mey commended the members of the community for their alertness and the quick response of the SAPS members.
South Africa Today – South Africa News
Jan Terburg (81) was severely tortured during Burgersdorp farm attack
