Mbombela – In the early hours of December 20, 2014, tourists from the United Kingdom and Mozambique were lucky to escape the claws of the alleged panga-gang after being held at gunpoint with two 9mm pistols at the well-known Bee-Eaters guesthouse and catering farm just outside the city.
Two men gained access to the house after kicking out the glass of a door that leads to the outside, Mr. Jacques Meiring from Bossies Community Justice said.
According to Meiring, the armed men entered the room where the husband, wife and their two children (from the UK) were sleeping. The four however managed to escape and locked themselves up in another room where the wife’s family was sleeping.
According to Meiring the family told the attackers that they were going to call the police but the attackers were determined to gain access and shouted various threats to the family hiding behind the door.
The attackers entered the room and hit the husband and wife respectively. They however did not sustain serious injuries, but were traumatised.
The attackers fled with approximately R1 700 cash and six passports…
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