Winterton farmer dies after torture ordeal
Durban - A Winterton farmer has been killed and his wife injured after they were beaten, stabbed and tortured with a hot iron.
One of their employees was shot twice in the attack, last Thursday.
Police spokesman, Captain Thulani Zwane, said five armed men gained access to Mohamed Engar’s Noodhulp Farm, early in the morning.
Engar, 67, his wife, Razia, 56, were repeatedly beaten, stabbed and tortured with a hot iron.
Their worker, who has not been named, was shot in the right leg and stomach.
Zwane said the suspects ransacked the house and took money, other valuables and a Volvo.
The car was later recovered by police on the R74 not far from Estcourt.
The robbers also took the CCTV recording machine, said Zwane.
Engar’s son, Ahmed, who also works on the farm, said he was on his way to Durban at the time of the attack.
He said the robbers became frustrated because there were few valuables in the house. The family had been robbed in February.
“They stabbed my mother and father in the back. They then took them to my grandmother’s room where the maid had been ironing and burnt them with the iron.”
His father was beaten so badly that he suffered brain damage and died in hospital on Saturday morning.
The worker is recovering in hospital. No arrests have been made. A community member, who did not want to be named, said they were shocked by the brutality of the incident.
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