Posted on 04/21/2010 3:46:07 PM PDT by george76
Johannesburg - Attackers set a wooden house on fire on a farm near Carolina at the weekend, while a woman and her children were still inside. The armed attackers had tied the door with a piece of wire, trapping the victims inside.
The woman's parents were shot at when they rushed to their aid.
"They were bent on killing us. This had nothing to do with theft," ...
She woke up to the smell of smoke at about 22:00 on Saturday night. She saw the wall and the curtain in her room were in flames.
The attackers had poured diesel on the house before setting it on fire.
De Wet called her parents for help over the two-way radio, which had been installed barely two weeks prior to the attack.
the shootout lasted for nearly two hours.
Attempts to contact the police in Carolina, about 12km from the farm, were initially fruitless because they didn't answer their phone.
She then phoned her brother, Jan de Wet jnr, who farms near Belfast.
He rushed to the farm. "When I got there, the shots were still flying," he said. "I yelled at the attackers that I was going to kill them."
He, too, started firing in the direction of the attackers. The shooting then settled down.
(Excerpt) Read more at news24.com ...
HaHaHaHa, SA is hosting the Olympic Games soon. What new events should the games there include ‘burn out your white neighbors’, or prehaps that old favorite, the pineapple grenade toss.
just more folks of color showing their justifiable outrage..no big deal
where do I send my check?
/s
Just getting it back from The Man.
It’s hosting the Football (or Soccer as you would probably say) World Cup this year, not the Olympics.
Obviously, they will be given billions from the US to make the games work. However, it will be an unqualified disaster, IMHO!
Maybe some of those funds should be dedicated to marksmanship training. Apparantly, after a 2 hour gun fight there were no injuries.
Maybe they best just use the machete in the upcoming games.
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