Three suspects who allegedly brutally attacked an elderly couple during a farm attack near Brits two weeks ago, were arrested on Thursday.

An elderly couple was brutally assaulted during the farm attack.

According to police spokesperson Constable Ben Moabi, three Zimbabwean men Noel Emanuel(35), Robert Emanuel(28) and Penasai Emanuel(40) were arrested at the Multiplant squatter camp in De Kroon.
The suspects are linked to the brutal attack on an elderly couple on a game farm in Beestekraal near Brits on 7 July. A group of armed robbers broke down a security door and attacked the couple in the farm house. They hit the 73-year-old man so hard over the head that the shotgun’s butt broke. They tied up the couple and fled with two firearms, bank cards, television set and other belongings.
The Afrique Du Sud K9 and Aequitas security companies received information about the suspects last week and informed the police. Assen police detectives, Brits Trio Task Team, Aequitas, Afrique du Sud K9, as well as the Tactical Support Unit of the Brits Community Policing Forum traced and arrested the three suspects.
They appeared in the Brits Magistrates’ Court on Monday on charges of aggravating robbery, kidnapping, house robbery and Contravention of the Immigration Act, Sec 49. The case was postponed to 18 July for formal bail application.