Thursday, September 18, 2008

Elderly woman seriously assaulted with hammer

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An old woman (78) , Mrs. Marie Claassen from Kromdraai outside
Muldersdrift South-Africa , has been seriously assaulted with a hammer
by a black man wearing a beleclava and gloves.
Like this the reality of the NSA (New South Africa) creep upon us to
stalk us at our front porch.

Sunday evening 7 September 2008 at 21h00 on the farm Kromdraai :
A 78 year old woman are being assaulted in her Own home by a black man
that wear a beleclava and gloves . She has been hit with a hammer on
the head , one blow penetrated more than 3cm through the skull .
She still live and are being cared for in Hospital .
More detail in the attached interview on Radio Pretoria .

Interview wit Mr. Armand Claassen , Mrs. Marie's son on Radio Pretoria
VolksMikrofoon .

VolksMikrofoon : " Do she stay allone there ?"
Armand : " She
stay alone yes , my father died 14 years ago and my sister about 7
years ago. We tried to persuade her to move but she didn't want to
move due to the fact she stayed there over 40 years. Also we had good
security . "
VM : " What happened ? "
Armand : " It was Sunday evening at about 21h00 . She have a small dog
that stay with her in the house . The dog started to bark , usually
when he do this she know he want to go outside . When she opened the
door , a black man with a beleclava and gloves repeatedly assaulted
her with a hammer on the head . From there he dragged and threw her
through the house , blood on the walls and floor are evidence of that
, through the hallway into the main bedroom . He knew there is a safe
. "
VM : " Were she conscious ? "
Armand : " She say so yes , drifting in and out .In the room he hit
her another few blows with the hammer . He then got the keys for the
safe and emptied it . There is another safe but we don't have keys for
it , he then tried to break it open . After numerous unsuccesful
attempts , he hit her with the hammer on her fingers . Failing to open
the second safe , he decide to take the stolen items and load it into
her vehicle . The vehicle stopped outside the house due to the
anti-highjack system of the vehicle . He took what he could carry and
fled . "
VM : " What did he steal ? "
Armand : " Not much . Two fire-arms that were inside the safe . Mostly
jewelry and her bank cards . The next morning he withdrew a few
thousand rand , in the meantime we stopped the accounts . "
VM : " How did your mother got help , when did help arrive ? "
Armand : " The next morning . The farmworker phoned me at 08h30 to
tell me the gate are not being opened , he can't enter to start work .
I then went there immediately . When I arrived I found my mother in
the house , by then she was already more than 12 hours alone , in pain
and shock . "
VM : " What a shocking experience it must have been for you ? "
Armand : " She is small and old (78) , I cannot believe that one
person can do this to another person . It is pointless , he got what
he wanted ; it was not necesary for this absurd violence ."
VM : " I can't believe it , with a hammer over the head !! Are she
seriously injured ? "
Armand : " Yes she is seriously injured , she is in intensive care in
hospital . Three blows to the side of the skull cracked it , but
another blow on top of the head went right through and penetrated the
skull , causing a breakage in the skull bone 3cm in diameter . This
indicates he've hit her to kill her . "
VM : " What do the doctors say , what is her chances of survival ? "
Armand : " They say it is rather good . The one side of the body is
paralysed caused by the broken skullbone that causes pressure on the
brain . It will be removed in an operation. "
VM : " Is it only one person ? "
Armand : " Yes it was only one person . He dug a hole underneath the
electric fence , tracks indicate it is one person , also the stolen
items is enough for one person to carry . "
VM : " He obviously waited for her to open the door . "
Armand : " Yes , we looked outside and saw he tried to opened the
steel security gates . She didn't heard it because she was watching TV
, but the dog heard it and hence started barking . "
VM : " Is she going back to the farm ? "
Armand : " Not a chance , she'll stay with us . "

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