Farm Attacks

The attackers just walked in, no security. People on farms need to start taking security seriously like we have been doing in the city for years.
 
“Don’t kill me, you can take anything you want” she recalls hearing.

He was nonetheless stabbed to death,
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Kill someone that has already surrendered themselves to you. Wastes of human life these people are.
 
I'm seen some ridiculously unsecured farms, some even in areas renowned for farm attacks, literally as unsecure as they were 30yrs ago. These days it's electric fences all around, motion spotlights, razor wire if needed, active farm response network/radio alarm.
 
rietrot said:
The attackers just walked in, no security. People on farms need to start taking security seriously like we have been doing in the city for years.
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A group of us stayed at the farm a few months ago. And yes there is no security except a fence around the property. Tragic and sad that their very belief systems of living open and free was eventually shattered by savages. :mad:

Hope the people responsible are eventually caught and prosecuted.
We live in hope.
 
Elderly couple assaulted in foiled farm robbery

Tzaneen - Two people were injured after being assaulted during a foiled robbery at a farm in Ofcalaco outside Tzaneen on Thursday night.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested and a firearm was confiscated.

It is alleged that the suspect hit the Charles Luther Farm in the Lekgalameetse area while an elderly couple, aged 65 and 68, and their 9-year-old grandchild were home.

"During that process, the old man and this child managed to escape and summoned the police who reacted swiftly, jointly with the local farming community, and arrested the suspect," said police spokesperson Moatshe Ngoepe.

One firearm was recovered during the arrest.

ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said paramedics were called to the scene.

The man and woman had sustained moderate and minor injuries respectively.

“Both patients were believed to have been assaulted. Paramedics treated the patients and thereafter transported them to a nearby hospital for further treatment,” he said.

The suspect will appear in the Lenyenye Magistrate Court on Tuesday on charges of house robbery, attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearm.

Police investigations are still continuing.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/elderly-couple-assaulted-in-foiled-farm-robbery-20170414
 
Elderly couple, family attacked on Limpopo farm

Johannesburg – An elderly couple and their family were attacked and tied up on their farm in Letsitele just outside Tzaneen on Friday by two men who robbed them of their belongings, Limpopo police said.

The two men allegedly attacked the couple, aged 76 and 78, around 14:00 at their home on a plot in the Taganashoek area while they were with their family members, Lt-Col Moatshe Ngoepe said.

"The two suspects attacked them with sharp instruments, demanded money, searched the house, stabbed the old lady, hit the old man with a hard object and tied them on both legs and arms before they disappeared with their cellphones and car keys," Ngoepe said.

The victims were taken to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment. No arrests have yet been made.

Meanwhile, nine people were arrested across the province for various crimes including murder, robbery, fraud, dealing in dagga and the possession of unlicensed firearms in Tzaneen, Giyani, Burgersfort, Seshego and Mankweng, he said.

All the arrested suspects would appear in their respective courts soon, he said.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/elderly-couple-family-attacked-on-limpopo-farm-20170415
 
#VryheidFarmAttack – Farm attackers strike near Gluckstadt

Captain Attie Engelbrecht, who was the driving force behind the capture of the gang of farm attackers who murdered Billy van Rooyen and Ronnie Lombard little over a year ago, confirms that the police are following leads into the investigation.

FARMERS and police responded swiftly to the scene of yet another farm attack in the early hours of Monday morning, barely a week after the Vryheid Herald’s front page raised the question, are you “Ready for a farm attack?”

At least five armed attackers, wearing balaclavas, converged on the farm of the late Dave Brooks at approximately 3am on Monday morning. Ross Geraghty, Brooks’ nephew, was asleep in the main house and the attackers proceeded to torture him, tying him up and burning him with an iron and covering his head with a plastic bag while they ransacked the house.

According to Andrew Brooks, Dave’s son, he became aware of the intruders approximately 45 minutes later when they passed the window of his flat as they attempted to break into the vehicles nearby.

Brooks shone a torch out of the window to see what was happening when the suspects opened fire on him. He returned fire and the suspects fled into the bushes.
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More at: http://vryheidherald.co.za/60679/farm-attackers-strike-near-gluckstadt/
 
Suspected Limpopo farm attacker shot dead

Lephalale - A suspected farm attacker was shot dead, while several others are still missing after they attacked an elderly couple at a farm in Lith outside Lephalale, Limpopo.

Police said four men broke into the farmhouse on Wednesday night and tied up a 73-year-old man and his 58-year-old.

They stole the man's rifles and other items before fleeing.

"During the process the victims managed to untie themselves and the farmer shot at... [the] fleeing suspects," said Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe.

One suspect, aged around 20, was shot dead.

The group dropped the stolen rifles and a bag, but made off with a cellphone.

Ngoepe said police launched a manhunt to find the other suspects.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/suspected-limpopo-farm-attacker-shot-dead-20170427
 
schumi said:
Lephalale - A suspected farm attacker was shot dead, while several others are still missing after they attacked an elderly couple at a farm in Lith outside Lephalale, Limpopo.

Police said four men broke into the farmhouse on Wednesday night and tied up a 73-year-old man and his 58-year-old.

They stole the man's rifles and other items before fleeing.

"During the process the victims managed to untie themselves and the farmer shot at... [the] fleeing suspects," said Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe.

One suspect, aged around 20, was shot dead.

The group dropped the stolen rifles and a bag, but made off with a cellphone.

Ngoepe said police launched a manhunt to find the other suspects.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/suspected-limpopo-farm-attacker-shot-dead-20170427
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Those of you with firearms - what do the law says in respect of this?

Can the farmer claim to have acted in self-defense?






FWIW - I have been through such an ordeal, and am lucky to have come off lightly, as well as my family, it is NOT fun. The Commando system need to be reinstated and random road blocks be held as stated previously, as well as a good radio/emergency communications system.
 
Good that they got one. It still seems like the attackers can just walk into the farmhouse way to easily
 
The_Librarian said:
Those of you with firearms - what do the law says in respect of this?

Can the farmer claim to have acted in self-defense?






FWIW - I have been through such an ordeal, and am lucky to have come off lightly, as well as my family, it is NOT fun. The Commando system need to be reinstated and random road blocks be held as stated previously, as well as a good radio/emergency communications system.
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I am not a legal professional but this could go either way. He was technically not in danger anymore when they ran away and they were not attacking him or a 3rd party which he has an interest in anymore so he will most probably be in *** for that.

The other side of the coin, which I will probably be flamed for, is what if they decided to come back to finish the job like they sometimes do? But that will mean he could see into the future etc.

My money is he will get a suspended sentence due to him stopping them takimg the firearms with them which would have been used to commit other crimes.
 
The_Mowgs said:
The other side of the coin, which I will probably be flamed for, is what if they decided to come back to finish the job like they sometimes do? But that will mean he could see into the future etc.

My money is he will get a suspended sentence due to him stopping them taking the firearms with them which would have been used to commit other crimes.
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Thinking the same as well, second point should be what will most probably happen.
 
The_Mowgs said:
I am not a legal professional but this could go either way. He was technically not in danger anymore when they ran away and they were not attacking him or a 3rd party which he has an interest in anymore so he will most probably be in *** for that.

The other side of the coin, which I will probably be flamed for, is what if they decided to come back to finish the job like they sometimes do? But that will mean he could see into the future etc.

My money is he will get a suspended sentence due to him stopping them taking the firearms with them which would have been used to commit other crimes.
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With this being a farm attack the mental state of the victims would be different. For all we know they might have just took the goods out of the house and then came back to finish them off. This will be tested in court but I suspect the reasonable man argument here given it being a farm attack will work in the farmer's favor. I highly doubt he'll be found guilty of any wrong doing.
 
Pitbull said:
With this being a farm attack the mental state of the victims would be different. For all we know they might have just took the goods out of the house and then came back to finish them off. This will be tested in court but I suspect the reasonable man argument here given it being a farm attack will work in the farmer's favor. I highly doubt he'll be found guilty of any wrong doing.
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Hence point number 2...
 
Armed suspect arrested on Kyburg Farm

Stellenbosch Watch (SBW) assisted the police in bringing about the arrest of an armed suspect, after he was noticed on a farm in the area.

The SBW’s control room received a call for assistance from a neighbourhood watch member on 22 April at around 22:30, reporting that a suspicious-looking person was seen on Kyburg Farm.

“Officer Abongile Dani responded and found the alleged suspect close to the main gate and stopped him,” said Antoon van Zyl, CEO of Stellenbosch Watch. “A knife and an axe were found on him, and the suspect was apprehended until the police could arrive to take him into custody.”
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More at: http://www.netwerk24.com/ZA/Eikestadnuus/Nuus/armed-suspect-arrested-on-kyburg-farm-20170426-2
 
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Please can this be made a sticky to always be at the top of the list

Because we are not all farmers and sometimes crime is a bit remote for us ( nowadays a more and more unlikely assertion ) we often tend to forget , not be aware of what goes on in the rest of our country.
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We DO need to be reminded on an ongoing basis.

Thanks
 
According to law a crime was commited and in my opinion he was in hus rights to shoot the criminals. Race will probably determine the outcome again.
 
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