South African rugby star Lukas van Biljon is repeatedly stabbed in the chest and his father is shot three times by a gang that raided his farm and threatened to kill the Springbok player’s children.
- Former South African rugby star Lukas van Biljon stabbed repeatedly in the chest
- Van Biljon was warned that if he fought back, his sons would be killed by a gang.
Former South African rugby star Lukas van Biljon was repeatedly stabbed in the chest and his father was shot three times and left for dead when six men attacked his farm at midnight.
Springbok prostitute Van Biljon, 47, was warned that if she fought back, her children who were tied up would be killed as the gang ransacked the farm in Oranjeville, Free State Province.
The controversial player, who was dropped from the Boks after 13 games in 2003 after another nightclub brawl, was stabbed multiple times as a “strong warning to behave”.
His father, Andre, 70, desperately tried to radio his fellow farmers for help but was discovered and shot three times in the chest and hand and is in critical condition at hospital.
South African police spokeswoman Captain Loraine Earle said two of the attackers were arrested after local farmers were alerted and put an action plan in place to block all roads.
Former South African rugby star Lukas van Biljon (pictured at his farm) was attacked by a gang
Former South African rugby star Lukas van Biljon (pictured in 2002 in Twickenham) was repeatedly stabbed in the chest and his father shot three times and was left for dead when six men attacked his farm at midnight.
She said: ‘Just after midnight on Saturday, police were called to a burglary at a small property in Oranjeville belonging to the Van Biljon family, where two men were injured.
‘It is alleged that six armed men entered the house and tied the children with zip ties and a 47-year-old man was stabbed and his 70-year-old father shot during the robbery’,
A farmer who knows the Van Biljon family well said: “Lukas is a big strong boy but there was nothing he could do as it became clear his sons would be shot if he resisted.”
“He was still stabbed several times, but it is Father Andre who is concerned, as he is in intensive care in very bad shape from the shooting.”
The two arrested suspects are due to appear in Heilbron Magistrate Court today on charges of burglary and attempted murder, while the other four remain in pursuit.
The former Sharks hooker played 13 times for the Boks between 2001 and 2003 with his first match against Italy and his last against New Zealand.
Springbok prostitute Van Biljon, 47, (pictured in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2006), was warned that if she fought back, her tied-up children would be killed as the gang ransacked the farm in Oranjeville, Northern Province. Free State.
Farmers in South Africa are under constant threat with 333 brutal attacks on mainly farms across the country last year with 55 killings of men, women and children.
The attacks are often highlighted by the cruelty inflicted on the female victims, often raped and tortured both men and women with hot irons, power tools and boiling water.
Most of the victims are mercilessly gunned down with stabbing and strangulation the other usual causes of death.
In South Africa there are 80 murders a day and over 120 rapes and the crime figures make it one of the most dangerous countries in the world to live in with extremely low conviction rates.
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