LIMPOPO – Two suspects have been arrested fewer than 24 hours after the brutal farm murder in Levubu in which Louis and Ina Cloete were killed.
The couple died after they were tied up and their farmhouse was set on fire during a house robbery on their Levubu farm near Louis Trichardt on Wednesday afternoon (April 20).
The Provincial Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe ordered a 72-hour activation plan to hunt down the suspects and they were arrested earlier today (April 21).
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said preliminary police investigations revealed that the farmer and wife were accosted by the suspects who ransacked the farmhouse and took several items, including fireams, and loaded them into the family vehicle. They then set the house alight before leaving.
“A passerby noticed two strangers wandering the premises. The two were about to leave the premises in the farmer’s vehicle but realised they had been spotted and fled the scene on foot, leaving the vehicle full of belongings, behind. Police were notified and on arrival, found the farmhouse on fire, with farmer and his wife still inside.”
The Cloetes were burnt beyond recognition.
Ledwaba said the manhunt continues for a third suspect and anyone with information is urged to contact the Investigating Officer, Captain Mashudu Lesley Muneri on 082 469 1260, the Crime Stop number 08600 10111 or the nearest police station.
