Farmer arrested after shooting 3 attackers dead, released and case withdrawn, Kroonstad

 

South Africa: Farmer arrested after shooting 3 attackers dead, released and case withdrawn, Kroonstad

Crime Correspondent

February 15, 2021

Farmer arrested after shooting 3 attackers dead, released and case withdrawn, Kroonstad

The Police arrested Pieter Swart without any valid reason and therefore illegally. Pieter is the farmer who shot three attackers dead on his farm in Kroonstad on Thursday morning 11 February 2021, in the Free State province of South Africa. Pieter was stabbed in his head during the attack. Pieter was arrested on the same day as the attack and appeared in court on Monday morning 15 February 2021.

However the NPA (National Prosecuting Authority) indicated that there  is nothing in the docket that indicates that Pieter did something illegally. On the contrary, one of three suspects arrested in connection with the attack admitted in a confession statement to Police that he was one of six suspects who wanted to commit a robbery on Pieter’s farm.

Pieter Swart has been very traumatised by the attack and the illegal arrest has only made the trauma much worse.

Read: Farmer who was attacked and stabbed shoots three attackers dead, Kroonstad

Read: Kroonstad farmer, who shot 3 attackers, arrested for murder along with three others

https://southafricatoday.net/south-africa-news/free-state/farmer-arrested-after-shooting-3-attackers-dead-released-and-case-withdrawn-kroonstad/