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Woman dies during South Cape farm attack

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A 62-year-old woman, Heila Killian, died during a farm attack outside Stilbaai last night, South Cape Forum reports.

Five armed men attacked Killian and three other people on the property while they were braaing, said South Cape police spokesperson Captain Malcolm Pojie.

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“A shot was fired when the men overpowered them, and Killian was hit. She died at the scene. According to our information, the intruders were dressed in orange overalls with balaclavas over their faces.”

The men left with a large amount of cash, as well as an array of hunting knives and weapons, and fled in the victims’ bakkie.

They were caught on camera at a petrol station in Heidelberg while filling the bakkie up with petrol.

More information to follow as it becomes available.

This article was translated from Afrikaans.

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