Western Cape farm owner, wife recovering in hospital following attack
8 October 2018
Western Cape police have confirmed that a farm owner and his wife were injured on Friday during an attack on their farm near Wellington.
Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said the incident occurred at about 22:30 on Friday while the family was having a braai.
"Five unidentified males with balaclavas, one positively armed with a firearm and the others with knives, threatened him and took him into his house where the rest of his family was," Van Wyk said.
News24 understands that the farm owner is Ludwig Uys.