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An investigation file was opened into the deaths of four suspected home burglars who crashed into a tree during a shootout with farmers in the northwest.
Six men driving a white Toyota Raider he entered a farm in Biesiesvlei on Friday afternoon, targeted the farmer and his wife at gunpoint and stole cash, cell phones and firearms from them.
“While fleeing the farm, they took the farmer’s Toyota bakkie,” said police spokesman Brig Sabata Mokgwabone.
Mokgwabone said the victim raised the alarm.. “The victim alerted neighboring farmers who responded quickly and managed to corner the Toyota Raider not far from the farm, resulting in the arrest of two men, ages 37 and 39.
“In an effort to arrest the other suspects, who fled with the farmer’s vehicle, there was a car chase. It was during the chase in Springbokpan village that the suspects exchanged gunfire with farmers. The suspects’ vehicle stopped after colliding with a tree. Three of the four occupants were certified dead at the scene, while the fourth died at Thusong Hospital. “
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