Four arrested over Northern Cape farm attack

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Police have arrested four people in connection with a robbery and the kidnapping and murder of three people on a farm in Magogong just outside Hartswater in the Northern Cape.

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National police spokesperson, Brigadier Vish Naidoo, said the four are believed to have attacked the family at their home on Sunday. He said police launched a 72-year Activation Plan which included the deployment of Crime Intelligence, Forensic Experts, Detective Services and other supporting units. "With the search continuing in the Northern Cape, the second vehicle, a Grey Mazda CX5, was spotted in the area of Pudimoe being driven by a woman with two male passengers.Police continued their search and the body of the 50-year-old woman was found in a field in the Takaneng Village in Taung.At this stage, police are searching for Danie and Breggie Brand.The DA's chairperson of Rural Safety, Dianne Kohler Barnard condemned the incident.

 

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