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Elderly couple threatened with knobkerrie during farm robbery

A 66-year-old man and his 69-year-old wife were threatened with a knobkerrie during a house robbery at Zilkaatsnek, Mmakau.

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NORTH WEST. – A 66-year-old man and his 69-year-old wife were threatened with a knobkerrie during a house robbery at Zilkaatsnek, Mmakau.

Const. Thuto Bobelo, police spokesperson, tells Nuusflits the man was woken late Friday evening by his wife after she heard a noise outside the house. He investigated and found two unknown masked men on the property. The couple were chased around the house and threatened with a knobkerrie.

The suspects made off with the man's wristwatch and cellphone. No one was injured and no suspects have been arrested yet. The police are investigating the matter.

This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.