Ex-international rugby star Lukas van Biljon was repeatedly stabbed by a gang of armed males who shot his dad throughout a theft at his farm in South Africa.
The former Springbok hooker, 47, was warned his youngsters who have been tied up could be killed, because the six robbers focused the farm at Oranjeville, Free State Province, The Sun studies.
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The rugby star was stabbed a number of occasions as a “strong warning to behave.”
His 70-year-old dad Andre had tried to make a determined name to fellow farmers for assistance on the radio however was noticed and was shot thrice within the chest and hand.
He stays in hospital in crucial situation.
South African Police spokesman Captain Loraine Earle stated two of the attackers have been arrested after native farmers have been alerted and put into place an motion plan to dam all roads.
She stated: “Just after midnight on Saturday the police were called to a robbery at a smallholding at Oranjeville belonging to the Van Biljon family where two men were injured.
“It is alleged six armed men entered the house and tied the children with cable ties and a 47-year-old man was stabbed and his 70-year-old father shot during the robbery.”
A farmer who is aware of the Van Biljon household effectively stated: “Lukas is a big strong boy but he could do nothing as it was made clear his children would be shot if he put up a fight.
“He was still stabbed several times but it is father Andre who is the worry as he is in intensive care in a very bad way from gunshots”.
The two arrested suspects are due on the Heilbron Magistrate’s Court at the moment on costs of home theft and tried homicide whereas the opposite 4 are nonetheless being hunted.
The former Sharks hooker performed 13 occasions for the Boks between 2001 and 2003 along with his first sport in Italy and his final in New Zealand.
He was axed from the Boks in 2003 after he was concerned in a brawl outdoors a nightclub in Durban.
The controversial participant had been concerned in an identical incident a couple of months prior.
– This article initially appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.
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