Wet matches save couple from being burned alive

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Bloemfontein - Wet matches probably saved a Marquard man's life after an attacker poured fuel over him, planning to set him alight, but found that his matches were soggy after rain and wouldn't light.

Lourie, 60, and Celia van der Merwe, 60, were accosted by a man in their home about 23:00 on Saturday, Netwerk24 reported.

The Van der Merwes were already asleep when they were overpowered by a man in their room. The man had gained entry by breaking down their back door.

They are both in a serious condition in the Life Rosepark Hospital in Bloemfontein. Despite several stab wounds and blows to the head, they were expected to recover, their daughter Ilse Botha said.

"My dad was stabbed four times as he tried to ward off the attacker.

"My mom is much worse off. She sustained a brain haemorrhage when she was hit over the head, but it is not life threatening. She's got a concussion and is a bit confused. She was stabbed in the face, her top jaw was broken and some of her teeth were knocked out. She also has a fracture on the side of her face."

Cellphone, R200 stolen

Botha said her parents were severely traumatised.

If it hadn't been for the wet matches, she said, one or both of her parents could have died.
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More at: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/wet-matches-save-couple-from-being-burned-alive-20170206
 
interesting to note, no mention of race here, so that makes me about 95% certain of the victim and attackers race.

[not wanting to start anything, just a pet peeve that when whites do something wrong, that becomes the main point of an article, if its the other way around, we never hear about anyone's race involved]
 
Bizkit87 said:
interesting to note, no mention of race here, so that makes me about 95% certain of the victim and attackers race.

[not wanting to start anything, just a pet peeve that when whites do something wrong, that becomes the main point of an article, if its the other way around, we never hear about anyone's race involved]
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Justi nommul crimez!
 
Hope this person gets caught and faces the full extension of the law.
 
Bizkit87 said:
interesting to note, no mention of race here, so that makes me about 95% certain of the victim and attackers race.

[not wanting to start anything, just a pet peeve that when whites do something wrong, that becomes the main point of an article, if its the other way around, we never hear about anyone's race involved]
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Only 95%?
Jeesuz, you're optimistic.
 
Bizkit87 said:
interesting to note, no mention of race here, so that makes me about 95% certain of the victim and attackers race.

[not wanting to start anything, just a pet peeve that when whites do something wrong, that becomes the main point of an article, if its the other way around, we never hear about anyone's race involved]
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The photo with the article in News24 shows a White couple as the victims.
 
I just love this part

"The man poured fuel and other chemicals over my dad and at first wanted my mom to set him alight. She refused. He then threw chemicals in my dad's eyes. "

so anybody that still wants to make this out to be a normal crime needs to take out their heads out of the sand.

No normal crime brings this much hate into the equation.
 
Please people - we all know what is what and who is who. Let us not throw even more fuel on the fire. It serves no purpose. Honestly, we should be grateful the victims are alive. Many others were not so lucky. This 2017. God bless South Africa.
 
Absolutely disgusting.
They will never feel safe or be able to relax for the rest of their lives.
 
ɹǝuuᴉM said:
Please people - we all know what is what and who is who. Let us not throw even more fuel on the fire. It serves no purpose. Honestly, we should be grateful the victims are alive. Many others were not so lucky. This 2017. God bless South Africa.
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The twisted media and our joke of a government are the ones throwing fuel on the fire. We are the ones who are made to suck it up with a smile.
 
Bizkit87 said:
interesting to note, no mention of race here, so that makes me about 95% certain of the victim and attackers race.

[not wanting to start anything, just a pet peeve that when whites do something wrong, that becomes the main point of an article, if its the other way around, we never hear about anyone's race involved]
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I don't think this is the kind of thread to pull the race card. The kind of person that does this is just a very sick kind of person. No normal human being would be capable of committing deeds like this. They should be found and hung from their neither regions. Mob justice.
 
Cr419 said:
I don't think this is the kind of thread to pull the race card. The kind of person that does this is just a very sick kind of person. No normal human being would be capable of committing deeds like this. They should be found and hung from their neither regions. Mob justice.
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So why was it needed to pull race card on the 'back of the bakkie story' ?? or the 'coffin' story or many other stories where white people did something wrong. I'm not pulling a race card, I'm showing the hypocrisy of the south african media
 
Acid0 said:
I just love this part

"The man poured fuel and other chemicals over my dad and at first wanted my mom to set him alight. She refused. He then threw chemicals in my dad's eyes. "

so anybody that still wants to make this out to be a normal crime needs to take out their heads out of the sand.

No normal crime brings this much hate into the equation.
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Meanwhile, using pepper spray gets sensationalist coverage. :rolleyes:
 
Yep, pepper spray is far more dangerous than petrol. The little snowflakes could hardly breath.
 
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