SOUTH AFRICAN FARMER TORTURED, EARS CUT OFF BY THREE ARMED ATTACKERS

White South African farmer brutally tortured in farm attack

A 50-year-old White South African cattle farmer, Donovan Marx, was brutally tortured during an attack on his farm in Syferfontein, between Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp in South Africa’s North West province.

According to police, three unidentified armed men wearing balaclavas entered the property and tied up a farmworker before confronting Marx, shooting him in the upper body, dragging him into his house and restraining him with cable ties.

During the attack, Marx had both ears cut off, was severely beaten, shot in the back and stabbed in the leg. According to Agri North West deputy chairperson André Strydom, the attackers also attempted to mutilate his genitals.

The attackers stole three firearms from a safe and escaped in Marx’s red Isuzu pickup truck. The farmworker eventually freed himself and alerted Marx’s wife, Louise, who had left for work earlier that morning.

Marx underwent emergency surgery at Mediclinic Potchefstroom after suffering a kidney injury. Doctors reportedly managed to save the kidney. As of Thursday afternoon, he was described as being in critical but stable condition.