One of the four arrested in the murder of the Hennenman farmer hangs himself – The Citizen

Hennenman Police arrested four people in connection with the murder of 56-year-old farm owner Swartpan.

According to Free State Agriculture, Pieter Hills was allegedly overpowered by a group of attackers at his home at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 5. Her son Eddie entered the house after coming home from the gym and was shot in the chest by the assailants.

OFM News reports that Free State Police spokesman Motantsi Makhele says the suspects were arrested in nearby Phomolong Township less than 24 hours after the deceased and his injured 26-year-old son were found unconscious by their employee. domestic.

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The farm employee is reported to have gone in search of the victims after the deceased’s wife expressed concern about his inability to communicate with his family by phone.

Makhele said of one of the defendants. “One of the 47-year-old suspects was found hanging in the police cell in the early hours of this morning. The other three, in their thirties, will soon appear in Hennenman Magistrates Court on charges of murder and burglary. “

Meanwhile, the Minister of Agriculture, Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, mourned the death of a 37-year-old Free State farmer who died this week, more than two months after his attackers also shot him in the head.

The deceased, Teboho Machakela, was accosted and attacked at his farm outside Odendaalsrus on 19 August by an unknown group of assailants. He has been hospitalized since the attack.

The Machakela attackers have not been found. Didiza expressed her condolences to the Machakela family and expressed concern about the avalanche of attacks on farms.

• This article originally appeared and has been republished with permission from OFM News.

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