An elderly couple with their grandson were assaulted by two unknown men on Sunday evening at Wakkerstroom Farm near Piet Retief.
According to a police report, the victims were watching television at their household when the incident occurred.
The two suspects were wearing balaclavas and armed with a handgun on their onset. All three victims were tired up, and the suspects looted the house and demanded money and rifles.
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Suspects made away with 11 rifles and a undisclosed amount of cash, jewellery and escaped with the suspect’s Toyota Fortuner which was discovered at Driefontein near Piet Retief.
The Provincial Commissioner of the police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma the community to be devoted and assist police arrest these criminals as they are in possession of not one but many firearms.
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Firearms are used in the commission of cash-in transit robberies and other atrocities, injure and even kill people, hence it is of paramount importance that these two are captured and the firearms recovered as a matter of extreme urgency.
Anyone with information that may assist the police in their investigation as well as bring the suspects to book is urged to contact Warrant Officer Gerrie Van Deventer at 082 579 0493 or call the SAPS Crime Stop number 08600 10111.
