Blog 2, Woman Guns Down Robber

 

In Cape Town, located in South Africa, a 54 year old woman shot and killed a man who was attempting to rob her on Tuesday February 5, 2013, just after 5pm. This crime took place on a farm down a dirt road which leads to the isolated Atlamtis smallholding. The farm owner not only shot and killed him but she also wounder another man who was coming from the opposite side of her home with the attentions to rob and or harm her. The woman was hit with a iron rod by one of the men, but only a little damage was done being she stopped him from hitting her a second time and took force and shot him down. She stated, “He turned and ran away and I ran to the front of the house. There was a second man there...I shot at him and when he kept coming towards me, I shot again. What prepared the woman/farm owner for the attack were her three dogs who were in attack mode with their hair standing up. That told her that that something was out in her yard. She first thought it was something wild until she saw someone walk past and immediately she grabbed her hand gun and ran outside. After she shot the second man twice she ran inside to call the police. She stated, “The police were there within minutes. They responded with helicopters, trackers...they were exceptional through it all.” This attack affected the farm owner tremendously. She stated, “It bothers me to know I have killed someone, but it was a case of him or me. They had an iron bar and a knife… they were here to do me harm.” This was the farm owner and her husband first incident on the property which they been residing on for nine years. The farm owner believes that the two men climbed over a fence in order to come on her property. Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said the dead man had not been identified and no arrests has been made.

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