Free State
Farm attackers abducted farmworker and his family, 6 cows were butchered and the meat was stolen
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A farm attack took place on 30 July 2020, in Theunissen, in the Free State province.
#FarmAttack 30/7/2020: Theunissen, Vrystaat. Farmworker, his wife and child were attacked and abducted by 5 armed attackers. 6 cows were butchered and the meat stolen. Victims were released on the side of the road. No serious injuries...
Free State
80-year-old woman survives being kidnapped, dropped off barefoot in -5°C Lesotho weather
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Daleen van der Hoven, 80, who was attacked on her farm in the Zastron area in the Free State, before being kidnapped to Lesotho, has been discharged from hospital.
Van der Hoven's daughter, Lize du Plessis from Bloemfontein, says her mom is recovering at home after being discharged from the Life Rosepark Hospital more...
An alert farmer, on the farm Tarka, between Bethlehem and Lindley, in the Free State province of South Africa, averted a farm attack during the early morning hours of 11 July 2020.
The farmer noticed two farm attackers, one of which was armed, lurking around his home and at the gate to the...
A attack took place on 3 July 2020, at 04:00, on a farm in Zastron in the Free State province of South Africa, which is situated some 30 km from the border of Lesotho.
A woman was attacked, assaulted, and tied up by an unknown number of attackers in her home. Six firearms and...
A farm attack took place during the afternoon of 27 June 2020. This is the 30th farm attack since 16 June 2020.
The attack took place on a farm situated between Zastron and Rouxville in the Free State province of South Africa. A man, who was alone, was overpowered and very badly...
Free State
Wimpie(54) and Janetta(82) suffered severe facial fractures during farm attack
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"I did not recognize my mother," says Frans du Toit, a farmer from Petrusburg in the Free State who was first on the scene where his mother, Janetta, 82, and his brother Wimpie, 54, on Friday night on the farm Lovedale attacked.
Frans says Wimpie and his mother were watching television when the...
A farm attack took place in Petrusburg. 26/06/2020
It was about 19:00 on the farm Lovedale about 40km outside Petrusburg on the Abrahamskraal road.
Wimpie du Toit was attacked at his farm where he and his mother live. He and his mother were both severely assaulted and are currently in...
BLOEMFONTEIN - Komiespoort police are investigating cases of house robbery and murder that was perpetrated on a farm at about 7:00 this morning.
A male visiting at the farm, alleged that he was outside when he saw a group of males approaching.
One of them pointed him with a...
A farm attack took place on 15 June 2020, at 13:15, on the farm Visgat, between Reitz and the Kransfontein silo in the Free State province of South Africa.
A number of firearms and a Toyota Land Cruiser were robbed during the attack.
The white Toyota Land Cruiser, was later...
Free State
Mimie Jacobs stabbed and forced to make an e-wallet payment by three farm attackers
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Local farmer Mimie Jacobs was brutally stabbed last night in a farm attack that occurred on her farm Rosemead, just outside Bloemfontein.
Jacobs was stabbed by three men who were armed with knives. According to the victim’s brother, Graham Jacobs, at around 8 pm, the assailants kicked open the door of her farmhouse and...
Free State
Six farm attackers attacked an elderly couple Gert (81) and Joey (75) Pienaar
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Six black men attacked an elderly couple Gert (81) and Joey (75) Pienaar from Dewetsdorp on Monday morning.
Shortly after midnight, the couple heard a window breaking from their home on the farm Monday morning, but before they could do anything, they were attacked in their bedroom.
The men demanded the...
Free State
Four farm attackers stripped couple naked and bound them with wire
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A violent farm attack took place at midnight on Saturday 7 December 2019, on a farm in Steyns Hoek, Bothaville, in the Free State province.
A farm worker was patrolling the sheep pens when he was overpowered by four armed black attackers. He was badly assaulted and dragged back into his home...
Free State
Farm murder: 72-year-old lady murdered and dumped in the graveyard in Bethlehem
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An elderly lady who lived alone on farm murdered, dumped in the graveyard in Bethlehem.
The 72-year-old Miemie Frost's body was found in the graveyard in Bethlehem in the Free State on Saturday morning 7 September after an hours-long search. She lived alone on a farm outside the town.
She...
Free State
5 armed farm attackers break in through a window, cash and food stolen
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#FarmAttack 23/8/2019: Welkom, Free State. Female victim heard voices outside her dwelling telling her to open the door. She refused and 5 armed attackers entered after breaking a window. Cash and food stolen, no injuries reported. pic.twitter.com/0Epooe5Oai— Ian Cameron (@IanCameron23) August 25, 2019
A farm attack took place on 23 August 2019, in Welkom,...
Free State
Five farm attackers broke into a farmhouse to steal the keys to various vehicles.
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#FarmAttack 13/8/2019: Lindley, Free State. 5 suspects broke into a farmhouse to steal the keys to various vehicles. Farmworkers noticed them and alerted the farm watch and police, leading to one arrest. pic.twitter.com/tiA5pBiVpd— Ian Cameron (@IanCameron23) August 13, 2019
A farm attack took place on 13 August 2019, in Lindley, Free State province. Five...
Free State
Farm attackers assaulted woman, ransacked house and took firearms
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A farm attack took place on 11 August 2019, between Bloemfontein en Ventersburg, in Verkeerdevlei, Free State province.
A woman who was alone was attacked by an unknown number of attackers at 15:00 and assaulted, the attack was only discovered later in the day when a concerned person went to look for her....
Free State
One farm attacker dies, others injured as robbed farmer’s bakkie overturns
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Rural safety is falling short in the Free State as well as in the rest of the country. Farmers are being hunted and that creates a situation that is unbearable for farmers and their workers.
A farmer, Ronnie Brand (68), from Oranjeville in the Free State, who was attacked early on Monday morning, 5...
Free State
Pieter de Klerk & Marlene Smit attacked their farm Vanderwaltsrus on Friday evening by 5 armed perps
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FARM ATTACK - Pieter de Klerk & Marlene Smit attacked their farm Vanderwaltsrus on Friday evening by 5 armed perps.
They were shot but survived. They are most likely alive because Pieter returned fire with his own firearm.
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Free State
Viljoenskroon, Free State farm attack, male victim head injured, female shot on the arm
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#FarmAttack 26/7/2019: Viljoenskroon, Free State. 5 heavily armed suspects attacked a couple on their farm when they returned home. Male victim sustained injuries to his head and female victim was shot through her arm. SAPS and other security structures on scene. Suspects fled. pic.twitter.com/VxEmq2jAGq— Ian Cameron (@IanCameron23) July 27, 2019
A farm attack took...
Free State
Free State elderly upcoming farmed (71) attacked by 6 suspects and his throat was slit
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#FarmMurder 18/7/2019: Frankfort District, Free State. Elderly upcoming farmed (71) was attacked by 6 suspects and had his throat slit. One of the suspects was found with cattle stolen from the victim, eventually leading police to the body. pic.twitter.com/hjewiHeVDh— Ian Cameron (@IanCameron23) July 21, 2019
A farm murder took place on 18 July 2019,...