LIMPOPO – Police spokesperson Lt Col Moatshe Ngeope says eight armed suspects, traveling with two cars, entered the house and tied up the three victims.
The suspects robbed the victims of several items including fire arms, money, jewellery, computers, cellphones and electrical appliances, before fleeing the scene.
“While they were fleeing, the farmer saw them and gave chase along the Roodekuil gravel road, the suspects fired several shots to the farmer’s vehicle and he retaliated and one suspect was shot and two others were arrested in the bushes near Platrivier shop,” Ngoepe explained.
During the arrest, some robbed items were recovered and the search for the remaining suspects and robbed items including the firearms continues.
Ngoepe says the arrested suspects between the ages of 25 and 37-years-old will appear before the Bela-Bela Magistrates Court soon on charges of house robbery and attempted murder.
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