A woman whose finger was amputated with an axe to steal her rings, is one of three people between 65 and 75 years old who are in a serious condition in hospital after a house robbery in Brakpan.
All three victims were attacked with an axe said Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Doniah Mothutsane on Wednesday. The victims were a married couple and their lodger.
They were attacked on Tuesday at 17:00 at the couple’s home in the Comet neighborhood.
“It is alleged that the victims were tied up and one of the victim’s fingers were cut off to get to the jewelry,” said Mothutsane.
The couple’s son found them when he arrived at the house. He called the police to the house.
The son, who asked that their names not to be made public, said they do not have all the facts yet.
According to a statement by Werner Vermaak, spokesperson for ER24, all three victims sustained severe head injuries.
They were stabilized at the scene, after which the couple were taken to the Tambo Memorial Hospital in Boksburg and their lodger to Glynnwood Hospital in Benoni.
“My father has sustained facial and head injuries and so did my stepmother. She is in a terrible state, “the son said.
“Her finger was amputated in the attack. Perhaps it was cut off when she was shielding herself from an axe blow, or a robber stepped on it. We do not know exactly how it happened, “he said.
It is still unknown when his parents will be discharged from the hospital.
The son did not know much about the lodger’s condition, but was told that she was still in a critical condition in hospital.
Charges of attempted murder and robbery are investigated.
No one has been arrested for the attack.
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