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Three days after an elderly couple was attacked and shot at their home in Hennenman, Free State, police made a breakthrough in the case with the arrest of a 33-year-old suspect on Tuesday.
The suspect is a pastor who had been in hiding at the time of his arrest, according to police spokesman Brig Motantsi Makhele.
“This follows an incident around 10:10 p.m. Saturday when an elderly couple was sitting and chatting with their neighbor on a farm in the Hennenman district. Two unknown suspects allegedly entered the farm house and began to The 60-year-old woman was shot in the chest and knee, and her husband, 62, was also shot twice in the leg. The neighbor escaped unharmed, “she said.
The suspect and his accomplice, who is a fugitive, allegedly fled the scene with the victims’ cell phones.
The couple were hospitalized for treatment for their injuries.
Makhele said: “On October 13, the Free State Organized Crime Unit, working together with Hennenman detectives, responded to the information that led them to a farm near Hennenman where one of the suspects, a pastor, was found. hidden and arrested. His accomplice is still on the run and investigations continue. “
The suspect was expected to make his first appearance in Hennenman Magistrates Court on Thursday.
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