Couple beat off panga attack

[schumi]

Cape Town - A Somerset West couple were threatened with a panga and attacked along one of the most popular hiking trails in the Wilderness, latest in a string of crimes targeting hikers on the route.

But during the incident the tables were turned on the attackers.

Alistair Hill, 41, is trained in martial arts and how to handle weapons. He managed to wrestle the panga from one of the attackers and used it to fend them off.

Police have since warned hikers to be extremely vigilant on the trail and to walk in groups of three or more.

The Wilderness attack, which happened on January 20, was the second involving a panga that week – two days later in a separate incident 19-year-old Zander Vermeulen’s left hand was hacked off and his head split by a panga-wielding assailant as he walked home from a club in Claremont.

Vermeulen’s hand was reattached and he was said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

In the Southern Cape attack Hill and Carla Germishuys, 26, who were on holiday, were ambushed while walking along the old railway tracks between Wilderness and Victoria Bay.

As they were returning from the bay two men approached them.

“They had a panga concealed under a jacket,” Hill said.

The man with the panga moved towards him and the other towards Germishuys who had a camera hanging around her neck.

A scuffle ensued.

“He tried to throw me off a cliff at one stage… The other guy was throwing rocks at us. (Germishuys) grabbed him and kicked him between the legs. He didn’t go down.”

More at:http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/couple-beat-off-panga-attack-1977858

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

Pity this dude ....
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/796884-Cape-club-goer%E2%80%99s-hand-hacked-off

..... didnt hang with these folks.

 

[satanboy]

(Germishuys) grabbed him and kicked him between the legs. He didn’t go down.”

:wtf:

 

[Neoprod]

:wtf:

Unsullied...or he's halfway there now hopefully

 

[CB40]

Drugged up that's why he didn't go down...Should have slaughtered them with his bare hands and then thrown rocks at them

 

[greg0205]

Unsullied...or he's halfway there now hopefully

Wasted strike, brother can still come at you. Throat or eyes if you can.

 

[noxibox]

Drugged up that's why he didn't go down...

Adrenaline will do that.

 

[Acid0]

Adrenaline will do that.

Yip agree

 

[skeptic_SA]

Yip agree

+2

Have had two altercations in my life (one at mid 20's and one in early 30's) where I was kicked in the groin. Didn't feel a thing either time until 15 - 20 min after the scuffle.

 

[HavocXphere]

Sheesh. Makes me think that for SA one really does need a gun. Though the thought of shootouts during the afternoon stroll doesn't particularly appeal either

 

[Ninja'd]

Alistair Hill, 41, is trained in martial arts and how to handle weapons.