Buffalo kills tourist and injures farmer in Limpopo

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Police are investigating the death of a 50-year-old man who was attacked by a buffalo on a Polokwane farm.

A buffalo killed a tourist and wounded a farm owner in an attack last week. Stock photo.Police are investigating the death of a 50-year-old man who was attacked by a buffalo on a Polokwane farm on Thursday.

The farm owner, also in the way of the beast, was injured in the attack but narrowly escaped death by climbing a tree. Limpopo police said in a statement on Saturday they had opened an inquest into the death at a farm in Steenbokpan. According to the statement, the victim was with the farm owner and a photographer when the buffalo attacked him.“Though the farm owner tried to rescue him by firing some shots at the buffalo, the buffalo chased and attacked him as well. He escaped by climbing a tree and the photographer managed to keep a safe distance.”Provincial commissioner Lt-Gen Thembi Hadebe has called on communities and especially farmers and tourists “to be extra cautious when around such animals to avoid loss of lives”.

 

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Where at phalaphala?

RET going to blame Cyril.

PhalaPhalaFarmGate again

He forgot to teach the buffalo to not attack black people!

The Buffalo always wins

Lock up the white owner!!!!!!!!

Thank God it’s a real buffalo, for a moment I thought Ramaphosa took out one of the Co-looters. 😂🤣😆

Hebanna, is Bheki Cele's boys going to arrest the buffalo after the investigations?

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Investigating what? Everybody knows... Don't fuck around with buffaloes they can and will kill you

The way South African police likes to investigate I'm sure even they're investigating that tomorrow is Monday.

Mattress again

Such an expensive wild animal...maybe he was trying to steal the buffalo.

Maybe the buffalo is from Phalaphala Farm

We Silili phendula la angithi nguwe ofuya amabafalo.... cha uyeyisa ngane ka Lhama.... mhlambe ungakhona ukukhuluma nazo lezilwane.

what is to be investigated? Wild animals are not pets educate humans thats all.

He is at it again. When will enough be enough Cyril?

I guess they going to ask baffalo if he killed the man..any way phalaphalafarm

So what's there to investigate 🙄 are they going to arrest that buffalo 🤔

Are they investigating the Buffalo🤣🤣🤣?

Cyril again?

Cyril can only take so much abuse... Hai

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