Unarmed Afrikaner couple Koos 64 and Elda Rautenbach, 62 fight for their lives against three black male home-invaders armed with machetes, knives, hatchet... Nelspruit . (Note: there is no mention in this report that the sA police even responded to the emergency call).
– All three suspects were identified on the CCTV cameras around the house.
Mr. Jacques Meiring of Bossies Community protection service said they suspected the attackers were also involved in other incidents in the area.
Imagine sitting on a weeknight at 19:45 quietly watching television in your living room. Your wife working on the computer, but the next moment she screams and three men stormed into the home.
Mr. Koos Rautenbach (64) said his wife, Elda’s (62) protective motherly instinct had kicked in when she attacked the three armed robbers on Tuesday night December 2, 2014 in their home in Cairn. She and Koos were unarmed. The robbers had a machete, knife and crowbar with them.
Elda said she immediately responded when a man with a knife in hand descended on Koos who sat with his back to the door.
“When I looked, I only saw three pairs of eyes,” said Koos.
The robbers went into the house after they broke the security gate open with the crowbar. Elda stormed the leading man who had a knife. She bumped him out of the way and after that he went straight to the television and immediately picked it up.
The man with the machete stormed towards Koos, who threw his attacker with a bowl of soup and his bottle of water. A scuffle followed on the wet floor and the man only could land blows with the flat side of the weapon.
The man with the crowbar attacked Elda but left the crowbar for a hammer from the dining room. Elda shielded herself with her arms. Luckily the hammer head broke off and thankfully she was not seriously injured.
The whole incident lasted about two minutes. Besides the television, the robbers on the way out also took the Rautenbachs’s cell phones.
Afterwards the couple faced the frightening evidence of the security cameras. It shows the suspects were around the house for half an hour looking for a place to enter. “The worst feeling is that they have entered into our space,” says Koos emotionally.
They pressed the panic button just after the attack and J & M Security, Bossies Community Justice (BCJ), Hall’s security and ER24 was quickly on the scene. The ambulance crew determined that both were only slightly injured. They say they are grateful for the good service.
“We are grateful that we did not get hurt, but it’s a silly argument… it should not have happened in the first place” said Koos.
All three suspects were identified on the CCTV cameras around the house. Mr. Jacques Meiring of BCJ said they suspected the attackers were also involved in other incidents in the area.
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