Heatonville farmer Clive Curry injured, fights back ffarm attack by heavily-armed black males who had reconnoited his farm, poisoned his dogs

Heatonville farmer Clive Curry survives farm attack by heavily-armed black males who had reconnoited his farm, poisoned his dogs -- By Fever Reporter - 2013-07-18 WELL-known Heatonville farmer Clive Curry was ‘lucky’ to walk away from a farm attack last Thursday with a flesh wound and severely damaged finger. The Currys say they woke up at 5am in the morning with armed men standing on either side of their bed. Clive was allegedly shot as he tried to shove his attacker out the door. Undeterred, Curry says he chased the men down the passage and ‘shoved them out the house’, slamming a glass door and shattering the glass in the process. Empangeni Farm Watch and the police were on the scene quickly. They are following several leads but no arrests have been made yet. Talking about the incident, Sharon Curry says she heard noises in the kitchen during the night, but could not see anything. However, she woke up at 5am with someone standing next to her bed. The intruder shone a flashlight in her eyes and told her to keep quiet. She nudged Clive awake, and he opened his eyes to another attacker with a flashlight on his side of the bed. The man was armed and when Clive shoved him out the way, the intruder fired a shot. Despite being wounded, Curry chased the men out of the house and they fled. The Currys raised the alarm and Farmwatch was on the scene within minutes, followed shortly thereafter by the police. They iced the wounds on Clive’s stomach and left to meet Dr Andrè Naude, who also lives in Heatonville, for medical assistance. The bullet only caused a flesh wound, but Curry had his hands in front of him when the shot was fired. His left-hand ring finger is badly injured and he was operated on late Thursday night. Speaking from his hospital bed on Friday morning, Curry described his survival as ‘either a miracle or otherwise I’m just a cat with many lives’. Sharon Curry only had praise for the police and their forensic teams who spent most of Thursday combing the area for evidence. The dog unit was also there, but they could only follow the spoor for a short distance. They found that the attackers had put out poisoned meat to kill the farm dogs, but the SPCA was quick on the scene and gave the dogs charcoal to counteract the poison. Several farm cats were killed by the poison though. Proof that the men spent a while in the Curry house was also found – they helped themselves to the left-overs from dinner and left food bowls all over the kitchen. The attackers had forced their way into the back of the house through a window, and then through several more locked doors. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fever-blue.co.za%2FZF%2Fedition%2F74591%2Fedition-article-details%2Ffarm-attack-victims-lucky-escape&h=lAQHCNLYR