Elderly couple attacked with hammer during farm attack

Elderly couple attacked with hammer during farm attack

Police have confirmed that an elderly couple was attacked by three men on February 18, 2015 on the farm Witrand in the Vredefort district.

They had received medical treatment after the 76-year-old Billy Wagner was assaulted with a hammer.

The suspects arrived on the farm early morning and asked to buy milk. Mr. Wagner and his wife, Willemiena (75) sold milk to them, after which the men took out the hammer and hit Mr. Wagner on his legs with it.

The men demanded the safe keys. They took several weapons from the safe as well as an amount of cash and then fled with the couple’s Ford Ranger truck.

The Ford truck was later found abandoned along the Kroonstad road. The police suspected that the suspects fled with another vehicle.

The suspects are still at large.

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