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By ANA Reporter 
6h ago
BLOEMFONTEIN – Four suspects have been arrested, one of whom has since died, in connection with the murder of a 56-year-old farmer and the stabbing of his 26-year-old son on his farm near Hennenman, South African Police. Service in the Free State, he said Saturday.
Hennenman SAPS detectives and members of the crime prevention unit “worked around the clock” after the farmer and his son were attacked on their farm in Swartpan in the early hours of Friday morning, the Free State SAPS spokesman, Brigadier Motantsi Makhele, in a statement.
The farmer was fatally shot in the head while his son was stabbed in the back and admitted to a local hospital.
Agents carried out a “criminal intelligence-led operation” that led to the arrest of four suspects at Phomolong in Hennenman on Friday night.
“One of the suspects, 47, was found hanged in his cell in the early hours of this morning. [Saturday]. The other three suspects, who are in their 30s, will soon appear in Hennenman Magistrates Court on charges of murder and burglary, “Makhele said.
On Friday, Makhele said a manhunt began after the attack on the Swartpan farm.
A domestic worker on the farm made the “gruesome discovery around 5 am after the deceased’s wife called her, concerned that she tried in vain to seize her husband and son.”
“The domestic worker alerted relatives after finding the 56-year-old farmer and his 26-year-old son injured. Other farmers and the police were activated and the farmer was pronounced dead at the scene, while the son was referred to a hospital. for treatment.
“It is alleged that the peasant was attacked in the house and shot in the head, while the son was dominated upon arrival and stabbed in the back. It is suspected that two or three pistols were stolen during the robbery.”
At the time, the number of attackers or whether they used any means of transportation to flee the crime scene was not known, Makhele said.
– African news agency
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