Teacher murdered in front of wife in Middelburg park
This is the second brutal murder in the park where an elderly resident was tortured and killed in May.
WARNING: The following article contains a graphic description of a violent attack that might upset sensitive readers.
A simple trip to go and buy bread and water from a nearby convenience store turned into shock and horror after a Middelburg teacher was stabbed to death in front of his wife last night.
The couple was attacked while walking back home through a park with their groceries.
According to Herculaas Taljaard who assisted on the scene of the murder. the man was stabbed with such ferocity, that his chest cavity was open and internal organs were exposed.
He was stabbed at least ten times with wounds to his hands, buttocks, back and chest.
He fought back heroically, sustaining multiple defensive wounds to his hands and arms.
The woman escaped and ran back to their home where she alerted her employer who drove her back to the scene.
Eyewitnesses say that when she arrived, she immediately ran back to her husband’s side and began beating him on the chest to try and get his heart pumping.
According to Taljaard the robbers who killed the teacher ran off with the couples’ phones and cash.
The woman says that three robbers were involved in their attack.
The murdered teacher has not been formally identified by his family, and therefore he cannot be publicly identified yet.
Second brutal murder in park
The body of Douw van der Walt (64) was found stripped naked and tortured in the same park on May 4.
His murderers drove over his naked and scarred body multiple times with a vehicle.
No arrests have been made in either murder.
‘The park must go’
Scores of residents flocked to the scene, and all said the same thing: “The park must go!”
What is supposed to be a community asset, has turned into a loitering ground for druggies and delinquents.
Residents are demanding more visible policing, and say their children are exposed to danger in parks where they should be safe.
Teacher murdered: ‘A barrage of heartbroken children at school’
A colleague of the deceased, commenting on the article about the teacher’s murder, said that the school he taught at will be facing a barrage of heartbroken children on Monday.
Local trauma counsellors have been asked to offer support for the kids.
Police have not yet commented on the brutal slaying.
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