Cape Town – Mpumalanga police are investigating a case of murder after a farmer was brutally murdered on Dwarsfontein farm in Delmas.
Police were called when employees could not gain entry into the farmhouse, a police statement said.
“They were met with the unharmed but shocked 79-year-old victim. The search continued and the lifeless body of the 80-year-old Hennie van der Walt was found in the back bedroom with multiple wounds on the stomach.
“Preliminary investigation suggests that he sustained a gunshot wound and suspected multiple stab wounds. The motive for the killing is unknown at this stage and no one has been arrested so far,” said police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala.
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Mohlala said the house appeared to have been ransacked, and the PVR for the closed-circuit television (CCTV) was damaged while the safe in the house had been removed and left open.
“Police also discovered spent cartridge as well as some live ammunition in the house as well as in the vegetable garden.
“Bloodstained footprints were also noticed and a safe from the house was allegedly stolen but later found opened in the nearby bushes a few meters from the house. Currently, police cannot rule out the possibility that firearm(s) and other items could have been stolen during the tragic incident,” he said.
Anyone with information that could assist with the investigation can call the Crime Stop number at 08600 10111 or send information via MYSAPSAPP.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
