MBOMBELA – A woman was attacked by a panga-wielding man at a birthday party last Saturday.
The victim (35), who cannot be identified as she fears for her life, spoke to Lowvelder about what happened. “It was around 23:00 and my husband and I were attending a birthday party at a friend’s house in Nelsville,” she said.
She was standing in the garden when she noticed a man arguing with her husband inside. “I went inside and I saw him trying to hit my husband so I pulled him off and I fell onto the ground with him.”
The rest of the people at the party told the man to leave. “We were all standing outside discussing what had happened when a white Volkswagen Polo stopped in front of the house.” She said the same man and his wife jumped out the vehicle and headed straight for her. “He had a panga and she had a knife in her hand.” She said the pair attacked her.
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“I could not see anything as blood was pouring over my eyes. I just felt the blow on my head and neck.”
She said people at the party dragged her into the house. “We called the police but they arrived after we had left for the hospital.” The woman went to Nelspruit Police Station last Monday and opened a case against the two. “They have not been arrested and they live near me in the same area. The police have done nothing. All I got was an SMS to say a case was opened,” she said.
Police spokesman, Capt Dawie Pretorius confirmed, that no arrests have been made as police were still investigating the matter.
