Couple survive attack

AN ELDERLY couple survived an attack on their North West farm, but one of their assailants died when he crashed their bakkie.

Two men throttled, kicked and beat Charlotte Strumpher after breaking into the farmhouse, between Zeerust and Lichtenburg, on Saturday night.

Strumpher’s husband, Johan, had gone to a neighbouring farm to watch a televised rugby match, the Beeld reported yesterday.

When Johan returned to the farm, he was attacked and beaten with a metal pipe, police spokesman Brigadier Thulane Ngubane said.

Johan managed to get hold of his revolver and fired shots at the assailants. The two fled in the Strumpher’s bakkie, but one of them, Ontiretse Marumo, 42, was killed when it overturned.

The second man, aged 18, fled the scene of the accident. His parents later handed him to the police. — Sapa