Farmer beaten and almost shot during a robbery in Viljoenskroon UPDATE

Farmer beaten and almost shot during a robbery in Viljoenskroon UPDATE
Elderly woman and farm worker attacked, Clocolan

On November 26, six suspects confronted a defenseless farmer, attacked him, and tied him up. The suspects threatened to stab him. The suspects took a shotgun and pointed it at the farmer threatening to shoot him in the head. The perpetrators fled with the farmer’s pickup truck. Farmer beaten and almost shot during a robbery in Viljoenskroon

There is an update to this unfortunate attack against the farmer. The farmer 58-year-old Alwyn Jacobus (Koos) du Plessis, was not only threatened to be shot but the suspects threatened to burn him with an iron.

His brother Jan du Plessis said “the suspects also threatened to burn my brother with a hot iron, but fortunately did not as the iron was not hot enough. The suspects sprayed DOOM in his face and during the incident, Koos remained calm and kept his eyes closed as they sprayed the insecticide in his face.”

The suspects all wore balaclavas and were armed with a gun and knives.

The police are continuing with the investigation.

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