NORTH WEST. – Police Captain Bonita Dry is commended for her leadership and determination after all five suspects in the brutal farm attack on the 50-year-old Donovan Marx near Ventersdorp have been taken into custody.
Col. Adéle Myburgh, North West police spokesperson, says the last three suspects were arrested on one November in Promosa, near Potchefstroom, by Ventersdorp detectives, with support from the provincial anti-gang unit. This brings the total number of suspects to five. During the operation, four firearms, two of which are linked to the Ventersdorp incident, as well as clothing and jewellery, were seized.
Marx was shot on Wednesday, 28 October on his farm in the Syferfontein area outside Ventersdorp and brutally attacked. His ears were also cut off. Lt. Gen. Arthur Peter Adams, provincial police commissioner for North West, commended the investigation team under the command of Capt. Dry for their sustained efforts, persistence and cooperation in tracking down the suspects.
The five suspects, aged between 26 and 56, are expected to appear on three November on charges of house robbery, attempted murder and the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in the Ventersdorp and Potchefstroom magistrate's courts.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
