Lions maul Limpopo tractor driver

[schumi]

Hoedspruit - Police in Hoedspruit near Phalaborwa are investigating an inquest case after a 46-year-old man was attacked and killed by lions near Hoedspruit on Friday night, Limpopo police said.

More at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/lions-maul-limpopo-tractor-driver-13212154

 

[nightjar]

........a group of lions attacked him to death. His half lifeless body was saved after the lions were scared off .....

I wonder if the author even got 30% for English.

 

[R13...]

........a group of lions attacked him to death. His half lifeless body was saved after the lions were scared off .....

I wonder if the author even got 30% for English.

That looks like a verbatim quote of the Lt-Col.

 

[nightjar]

That looks like a verbatim quote of the Lt-Col.

You're right.
It does not inspire confidence in the Lt-Col.

 

[TheChamp]

Being a tractor driver is fast become a perilous job, if you aren't shot at by security guards you are mauled by lions.

RIP.

 

[ForceFate]

Being a tractor driver is fast become a perilous job, if you aren't shot at by security guards you are mauled by lions.

RIP.

/Popcorn

 

[ForceFate]

RIP

 

[crackersa]

You're right.
It does not inspire confidence in the Lt-Col.

Sounds a bit racist. English isn’t his first language and doesn’t require it to be.

 

[Luke7777]

Same story, no tractor

 

[Temujin]

Sounds a bit racist.

White lions?

 

[Ninja'd]

Same story, no tractor

If this is true about the poaching bit then I have no simbathy.

 

[Ninja'd]

White lions?

Kimba?

 

[The_Ogre]

“Police are also investigating the possibility that the deceased might have been a poacher after a hunting rifle was found in the vicinity of the scene,” he added.

I wonder why he didn't fire to scare them off

 

[Neoprod]

I wonder why he didn't fire to scare them off

Busy driving the tractor probably...didn't hear them sneak up on him.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Poachers get what they deserve

 

[The_Ogre]

Busy driving the tractor probably...didn't hear them sneak up on him.

Yeah, but didn't the tractor get stuck which in turn forced him to walk to his compound?

 

[ForceFate]

Poachers get what they deserve

If he's a poacher, he deserves what he got.

However, if I was to drive in an area known to have lions/hyenas/leopards, I'd also carry a gun/rifle.

 

[thestaggy]

Yeah, but didn't the tractor get stuck which in turn forced him to walk to his compound?

I reckon the average person would not be aware of the fact that they are been stalked until it is too late.

 

[The_Ogre]

OK< it looks like they found the farmworker, so it sounds like the guy who got killed was indeed a poacher as a hunting rifle and panga was found close by

https://letabaherald.co.za/49334/update-lion-mauling-case-hoedspruit-takes-turn/

 

[Ninja'd]

Oh well. Hakuna matata.