Woman and 4 boys arrested over murder
Farmer aged 70 was killed and his wife stabbed, beaten
The arrest of five people following the murder of a Jansenville farmer was reassuring, Eastern Cape safety MEC Helen Sauls-August said on Wednesday.
“This swift response will restore public confidence in the SA Police Service,” she said in a statement.
“We were shocked to learn about this brutal, inhumane killing of an elderly [man] by young people. It is disheartening that our young people could do this to one of their own elders in their own locality.”
Jansenville farmer Owen Charles, 70, was stabbed to death, and his wife critically injured, during an attack at their farm on Sunday.
A woman and four boys were arrested on Monday evening after a shoot-out and high-speed chase in Knysna, Western Cape.
Captain Malcolm Pojie said the police arrested four boys, aged between 12 and 17, and a 22-year-old woman, driving an Isuzu Frontier in the Plettenberg Bay area towards Knysna.
A provincial traffic officer saw the vehicle on Beacon Valley road on Monday evening and noticed it had no number plates. He gave chase, was shot at, and called for help.
The driver of the fleeing vehicle lost control and it overturned.
The woman and two of the boys suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital under police guard.
The other two were taken to the Knysna police station.
A sixth passenger, a 22-year-old man, managed to run away.
Pojie said the stolen items and the vehicle belonged to Charles.
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cornelius
Murder of farmers is becoming a weekly occurrence. Look at the age of these boys - it is sickening.Arrest Julius Malema and every other motherf.cker who insists on singing songs encouraging this.
It is becoming quite obvious that these murders are politically driven,part of Zanu - PF like campaign to drive farmers off their farms.
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MommaC
four boys, aged between 12 and 17... what can one say? This is just too horrifying for words.
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Mellow
four boys, aged between 12 and 17, and a 22-year-old woman,..........................................................................................................
Now this is seriously disturbing at this tender age and they are k.illers SA is breeding gamors thanks to malema they will keep k.illing innocent ppl, what did an elderly man do to deserve such cruelty? farmers are in real danger I feel for them
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1andonlybucs
bad news, very bad news, horrifc, all of them are still young to carry out a mission like that.. something does not add up here. well lets wait and see were this case will end!Report Abuse
lekgarebe
no man, people must stop this racism look how bad its becoming....these kids shud be @ school instead of killing ppl.
Are we ever going to have peace in this country, we need to stop all this racism.
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MagakalaaMmatlopo
This kids cannot be at school because there are no books to read. the gov bust creating the monster it wont stand...Report Abuse
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