Man seriously wounded in Farm Attack

Man seriously wounded in Farm Attack
Farm attack in South Africa

Lydenburg, South Africa – A 2nd farm attack occurred in two months near Lydenburg on the Roossenekal road.

Ockert and Jana Lombard were attacked and Ockert was shot in the stomach when four men gained entrance through a kitchen window, while the Lombard’s were asleep.

Ockert was shot and dragged outside, while Jana was held at gun point. The suspects loaded a tablet, cell phones, rifle magazines and electronic equipment into Jana’s Rav4. Lese Coreejes, Jana’s sister and her husband, Pieter Coreejes, who live in a home nearby were not hurt.

Lese told reporters the suspects said to the Lombard’s they were watched for nearly 3 months before the attack. While two of the suspects waited with Jana in the Rav4, the others heard an oncoming vehicle and they fled on foot with cell phones, Ockert’s rifle and two magazines.

The wounded Ockert who crawled to a farm nearby, was taken to Mediclinic, where he was operated on.

No suspects had been arrested.

Source

South Africa Today – South Africa News