A Glen Marais couple sustained serious head injuries after two suspects entered their home and beat them with a knobkierie in the early morning hours of Wednesday morning.
The couple, both in their late fifties, were asleep in their home in Wilgeboom Road when they were attacked at 1.15am.
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“A neighbour triggered a panic button when he heard loud screams coming from the house next door and then ran to help. He found the elderly man lying on the floor covered in blood,” said Carl Buys, Kempton Park area manager for PHS COPS.
According to Buys the elderly woman was threatened by one of the men, wearing a balaclava, and told to open their safe or else they would shoot her husband.
According to Kempton SAPS spokesperson, Capt Jethro Mtshali, the two suspects gained entry into the home through a sliding door on the patio, which they broke open.
“The police were summoned to the scene and found both patients being treated by paramedics for severe head injuries before being taken to Arwyp,” Mtshali said.
The suspects also stole the couple’s special .38 revolver, jewellery, wallets and two cell phones.
A case of house robbery is currently under investigation and police request anyone with information to phone 08600-10111, to SMS the crime line at 32211 or to contact the investigating officer, Det W/O Robert Motsai, directly on 011-393-8600.
