NORTH WEST. – A man (61) and his girlfriend were attacked with a cricket bat during a house robbery on a farm near Rhenosterfontein outside Rustenburg.
Constable Thuto Bobelo, police spokesperson, told Nuusflits An unknown person gained access to the house early Sunday morning while the victims were asleep. The couple were both struck over the head with a cricket bat in the bedroom. After the attack, they saw three unknown men running away. Several items were subsequently reported as stolen, including a cellphone, a freezer with meat, a microwave and a television.
The victims received medical treatment but were not admitted to hospital.
No one has been arrested yet and the police investigation is ongoing.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
