After a 60-year-old farmer from Clocolan in the Free State was shot in the inner thigh by suspects he caught breaking into his safe inside his home, police initiated a manhunt.
The farmer arrived at his home on his farm on Wednesday at around 18:30, when he caught two suspects in the act of breaking into the safe there, according to the Free State police.
One of the suspects pulled a gun when they realised they were being pursued, shot the victim in the inner thigh, and then both of them ran away.
The person was taken to the hospital after the police were summoned to the scene.
A laptop and guns were missing, according to a preliminary inquiry, according to Captain Phumelelo Dhlamini, a spokesperson for the Free State Police.
Police state that no one has been detained to yet and ask that anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the suspects call Detective Constable Richard Dlanga at 071 147 7393 or Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
Kestell lismor district mass murder
In a separate event, the Lismor Farm District, Kestell, was the scene of a mass farm murder, and the Free State police began a manhunt for the suspects.
On Friday, July 15, their residence was discovered to be housing the bodies of seven farmworkers.
Six women and one young guy were among the victims, according to spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi Makhele.
The dead remains of the farmworkers were allegedly discovered by the farm owner on Friday in their home on the property.
The victims were “brutally shot and slain by unknown suspect(s),” according to Makhele.
At this point, it is unclear why so many people were killed on the farm.
The police spokeswoman stated, “The names of the deceased and their ages are not yet known and could not be revealed since their next-of-kin has not yet formally identified them.”
The Free State police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Baile Motswenyane, commanded the immediate mobilisation of “maximum resources” to find the suspects.