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Helgard (66), a murdered Free State farmer, was still breathing when his youngest son, Helgard Jnr. found him in the passage of the farmstead, after he was shot in the head.
The police and and ambulance were called after the attack but Muller, from the farm Mara in the Frankfort district, died on the way to a hospital in Vereeniging. The attack happened four days after his birthday. Helgard's wife Marietjie Muller (61), who is confined to a wheelchair, and their domestic worker were gagged and tied up with shoelaces and then left in different rooms. The perpetrators asked for the safe keys and cash.
Helgard had gone to check his cattle, upon arriving back, two armed men ambushed him. They shot him in the head before fleeing in his Isuzu bakkie (Pick-up truck) with R700 and cellphones which they had stolen, which was found abandoned on a gravel road near Frankfort. Police spokesperson Captain Harry Nagel said the men were armed with a firearm and a stick.
^^Muller is survived by his wife, Marietjie (61), boys, Nelis (40), Niel (39), and Helgard jr. (27), daughter Hannah Coetzee (36), and seven grandchildren.
1945 |
February 14, 1945
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2011 |
February 18, 2011
Age 66
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Mafube Local Municipality, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
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