Anna Herbst, who stayed alone was brutally murdered on her smallholding on Saturday 6 July 2019. The elderly woman was attacked in her home in Martindale, outside Bloemfontein. Her attackers murdered her then set her house on fire and the fire brigade discovered her body after they put out the flames. A police spokesperson said her hands were tied up and police are investigating the possibility that she had also been shot.
Anna was well known in the area and sold pancakes and was well liked in the community.
This is the second such attack in two weeks, on the morning of 30 June 2019, Ria Oosthuizen who was deep in her 80’s, from Scoonstreet, Volksrust suffered the same fate.
There is no other information available at this stage, police are investigating.
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Woman (80+) attacked, murdered and set alight in her home, Volksrust
