Central SA
#FarmAttack: Victim doused in petrol─── OLEBOGENG MOTSE 18:56 Mon, 12 Oct 2020
A 31-year-old farmer has been doused in petrol in a botched farm attack outside Koffiefontein on Monday.
Free State police spokesperson, Thandi Mbambo, tells OFM News the assault occurred just before 14:00 pm, whilst the victim - Andries Myburgh - was having lunch in his home at the Vandermerwesdam Farm.
He was accosted by two male assailants who first hit him with an object on the head and then doused him in petrol while he fended off the second suspect who was armed with a knife.
It is alleged Myburgh managed to access his firearm in the fight and fired several shots in the suspects' direction as they fled the scene on foot. It is then that he realised he was on fire and jumped into his swimming pool.
The fire is believed to have been started by the accused and is what drew the victim to go outside where he was accosted. Myburgh reportedly has no injuries.
Police and the farming community are working closely together in pursuit of the accused. This is a developing story.
OFM News
