Floris Johannes Kruger

Floris Kruger (1950 – 2010)

Floris (60), a pensioner living by himself on a smallholding in Greenbushes, Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape, was beaten and tortured before being shot execution style on 1st September 2010. His body was found dumped around 11h00 in some bushes on the side of the road behind the Port Elizabeth St Albans Prison by workers fixing a farm fence. Kruger was severely beaten and shot twice in the head at close range with a cloth over his head. He was shot with his own 6.35mm pistol. A police officer close to the investigation said three men suspected of being involved with the murder had been arrested in a vehicle while allegedly trying to flee Port Elizabeth late yesterday afternoon. “We received information which led us to a road near the Fairview racecourse, where we found three of the five men believed to have been involved with the murder,” the officer said. “We searched them and found various stolen goods linking them to the murder. We are still searching for two other accomplices.” Police suspect the three Xhosa males were trying to flee to their homes in Transkei. Police spokesman Warrant Officer Alwin Labans said detectives suspected Kruger had been the victim of a “botched house robbery: It appears he was attacked by five people inside his house early on Wednesday.” Evidence suggested that the men had beaten and stabbed Kruger nine times in an attempt to get his bank card pin code. Labans said R500 had been withdrawn on Wednesday night from his bank at an ATM in Kabega Park. He said the post-mortem report showed that Kruger had been beaten so badly that all his ribs were broken. “We presume they beat and stabbed him until he gave up his bank details,” he said. “From what we can see, two firearms were also stolen from his house.” Ballistic tests also showed that Kruger had been shot with his own firearm – a 6.35mm pistol. “Once they had what they wanted, we believe they put a cloth over his face, tied him up and loaded him into his car, a silver VW Polo,” Labans said. “We presume he was still alive as there were no signs that he had been shot in or around the house.” Kruger was a neighbour of Jack Bergman, 86, who was brutally beaten by five robbers inside his home in July 2009 - and died in hospital days later.

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• The Farm/Smallholding
• The Region (Land disputes, other incidents etc.)

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• Indications of Hate Crime? Threats etc.

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Links to Media articles:

• http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=601961
• https://nolstuijt.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/five-farm-attacks-four-k...
• http://boerenuus.blogspot.com/2010/09/kruger-floris-johannes-60-sma...