Man robbed and tied up for 5 days
Elderly man's horrifying ordeal after being tied to a tree and left to die
It has been 5 days of hell for an elderly man who lives in the Pieters area, after he was robbed on Friday and tied to a tree with no way of calling for help.
The man hitchhiked into town on Friday and withdrew money. He was then robbed and tied up in a vehicle, before being driven out to the ‘Indian area’ and tied by his hands to a tree in a bushy area near the Klip River at the corner of Kandahar Avenue and Tanjore Road.
Tied to the tree, he was basically left to die.
The elderly man remained there for 5 days until a passerby walking through the bush happened upon him today (Tuesday). He had been tied up, face first, to the tree, with no water or food.
The passerby told nearby municipal workers what he had seen, and Public Safety was notified. Public Safety immediately responded, as well as police and Sharaj Ambulance Services.
Sharaj paramedics quickly assessed the man’s injuries and treated him at the scene. He had cut marks on his hands from the rope, and his hands were swollen after being tied up for so long.
He was transported to hospital by paramedics, suffering from dehydration after spending five nights and days trapped in the African bush.
