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Member of The Trackers ‘attacked’ with vehicle

On May 31, 2015 at 16:25 The Trackers were called out to the Sambane Game Lodge in Limpopo.

The owner of the lodge saw two suspect persons on his farm carrying a weapon fitted with a silencer. He fired at them and they fled. The suspect with the weapon fell and dropped the rifle.

.375 rifle with silencer dropped by suspect
.375 rifle with silencer dropped by suspect

On arrival The Trackers followed the tracks to a road, but no arrests were made.

After the assistance at the game lodge with the poachers, one of The Trackers was attacked.

Chris Human found a suspicious vehicle on the road. He stopped and went to investigate. There was an unknown black man and woman in the vehicle.
Chris introduced himself as a police reservist. The black man snarled and cursed Chris in a derogatory manner. Chris went to his vehicle to get his appointment certificate issued by the SAPS.

The next moment the suspect rushed with the vehicle towards Chris and attempted to run him over. Chris landed on the vehicle’s bonnet and grabbed the wipers to hold on to. He later lost his grip and fell.

The vehicle was found by farmers in the area. The driver ran away, but is known.

Chris is “OK” under the circumstances. Chris opened a case at the SAPS.

Source – The Trackers

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