Chopper van der Bijl of Krugersdorp critical after shot in stomach during very violent attack on his family by armed black males
Apr 19 2014 - Featherbrooke Estate resident Chopper van der Bijl is in a critical condition after being shot in his stomach during a house robbery.
Amoryn Golden 19 April 2014 Chopper van der Bijl from Featherbrooke Estate has undergone surgery after he was shot during a robbery at his home recently.
The Van der Bijl family was attacked by a group of very violent black males - they were pistol-whipped and threatened by men who said they would chop them to death with their pangas.
According to a statement released on behalf of the Featherbrooke Home Owners Association (FHA) three armed *BLACK assailants entered his residence after gaining access to the Estate by digging underneath the perimeter fence.
Entering the house, one of the armed men (*black males, as confirmed by the SAPS) fired at the homeowner, wounding him in his abdomen.
It is understood that family members who were in the house at the time of the attack were hit on their heads with firearms and threatened with pangas.
Police was notified about the incident after the suspects had fled the scene and ambulances were dispatched.
The FHA Board and Estate Management is said to have met to discuss the implementation of additional security measures.
Van der Bijl’s daughter Karen Leggatt posted numerous comments on the Featherbrooke Estate Community Facebook page.
“Thanks to everyone for your support and concern. We are all very exhausted. My dad is stable, tired and still quite swollen. Day by day, he is getting stronger,” reads one of her posts.
Leggatt also posted that her father suffered a set-back after his operation.
“My father took a turn for the worse, had a crisis in the afternoon after his operation. He is in a critical and unstable condition.
Please send prayers of strength and hope. May he survive this, as he is a man who never gives up.”
When the news spoke to Leggatt, she mentioned that the estate management did approach her mother about the shooting incident and offered their assistance in the matter.
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Up-market estate 's residents attacked
family patriarch Chopper van der Bijl sustained a gun-shot wound to the abdomen and is in a critical condition in hospital. Reported by Amoryn Golden 11 April 2014 14:45 -- Krugersdorp News
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A resident from Featherbrooke Estate has to undergo surgery after he was shot during a robbery at his home earlier this week.
According to a statement released on behalf of the Featherbrooke Home Owners Association (FHA) three armed assailants entered his residence after gaining access to the Estate by digging underneath the perimeter fence.
Entering the house one of the armed men fired at the homeowner, wounding him in his abdomen.
It is understood that family members who were in the house at the time of the attack were hit on their heads with firearms and threatened with pangas.
Police was notified about the incident after the suspects had fled the scene and ambulances were dispatched.
The FHA Board and Estate Management is said to have met to discuss the implementation of additional security measures.
The NEWS is in the process of obtaining more information and details from and about the family and victims affected by the incident.
Updates will be published as soon as this becomes available.
The spot were the attackers gained entry to the estate.
Update: Up-market estate resident shot
Featherbrooke Estate resident Chopper van der Bijl is in a critical condition after being shot in his stomach during a house robbery.
Amoryn Golden | 19 April 2014 09:12
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Chopper van der Bijl in a critical condition in ICU.
Chopper van der Bijl from Featherbrooke Estate has undergone surgery after he was shot during a robbery at his home recently.
According to a statement released on behalf of the Featherbrooke Home Owners Association (FHA) three armed assailants entered his residence after gaining access to the Estate by digging underneath the perimeter fence.
Entering the house, one of the armed men fired at the homeowner, wounding him in his abdomen.
It is understood that family members who were in the house at the time of the attack were hit on their heads with firearms and threatened with pangas.
Police was notified about the incident after the suspects had fled the scene and ambulances were dispatched.
The FHA Board and Estate Management is said to have met to discuss the implementation of additional security measures.
Van der Bijl’s daughter Karen Leggatt posted numerous comments on the Featherbrooke Estate Community Facebook page.
“Thanks to everyone for your support and concern. We are all very exhausted. My dad is stable, tired and still quite swollen. Day by day, he is getting stronger,” reads one of her posts.
Leggatt also posted that her father suffered a set-back after his operation.
“My father took a turn for the worse, had a crisis in the afternoon after his operation. He is in a critical and unstable condition.
Please send prayers of strength and hope. May he survive this, as he is a man who never gives up.”
When the news spoke to Leggatt, she mentioned that the estate management did approach her mother about the shooting incident and offered their assistance in the matter.
source: LookLocal.co.za Krugersdorp
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