Police swiftly pounced on armed robbers after they surprised an unsuspecting family in Fauna.
On 12 June 2024 at about14:30, it is alleged that the 33-year-old victim’s son was in his outside room at their home in Fauna when three unknown African males surprised him. One pointed him with a firearm and the other one tied his hands. The son was robbed of his cellphone.
After robbing the son at gunpoint, the suspects waited for the 60-year-old mother to arrive and moments later, upon her arrival, she was also pointed with the firearm and instructed to unlock the main house. She was forced into the bedroom and robbed of her cellphone, cash, and keys.
While the suspects were busy ransacking the house, the 33-year-old son managed to untie himself and fled to the neighbour’s house for help. Parkweg police, supported by private security, Bloemfontein K9, Anti-Gang Unit and Mounted Unit, reacted swiftly, and one suspect was arrested after he was found in the bathroom with the unlicensed firearm. Two others fled on foot but were also arrested in possession of the stolen property.
All three suspects, aged 31, 32 and 32 years, of which one is an illegal immigrant, were arrested for house robbery and will appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court soon.
