Amanzimtoti – A mother and three teenagers were left shaken and terrified after knife-wielding thugs robbed them on the beach in the last week of December 2014.
Sally Meyer of Beach Road was walking past Pipeline beach towards Twini with her son, Josh (16), his girlfriend Samantha (17) and her daughter Tamika (14), collecting shells on Sunday, December 28, 2014 when they were accosted by the thieves.
“We were about 200m to 300m past Pipeline when one man approached us from the front and one from behind,” said Sally. “Both had knives with newspaper taped to the handles. One was carrying a brick, while the other brandished a metal pipe.
They were very threatening and one was very loud. He showed us his tattoos which he said were from prison, which proved he had killed and was willing to kill again.”
“They took cellphones, a camera, watch and money,” said Sally.
One of the men told them to run toward Twini while he counted to 10. When he reached 10, they would chase after them and kill anyone they caught.
When he reached 10, we looked back to see if they were following us, but they ran into the bush.”…
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