Esmeralda Vermaak survives farm attack with injuries: Politsi SAPS says it's no farm attack

Mrs Esmeralda Vermaak fights back, survives farm attack: was stabbed, scratched and an eye blackened: Smitsrust farm Politsi Modjadjiskloof- SAPS says it's not 'a farm attack": no motive, nothing robbed... attacker beat Mrs Vermaak with a 'blunt object' he'd brought with him, suspected to be a screw driver: ----------- 22 July 2013 report: "The SAPS in Modjadjiskloof spokesman warrant officer Kgamedi Seshoka says the attack against Mrs Esmeralda Vermaak on the Smitsrust farm in Politsi ' is not classified as a farm attack but merely an assault'. Mrs Vermaak was in the kitchen at 22h30 on their farm Smtisrust near Politsi, Modjadjiskloof on Tuesday when she heard scratching at the back and, thinking it was the family dog, opened it: to find a black man standing there who grabbed her by the throat. He scratching her neck and face - and while she was still fighting to push the backdoor closed against him, he bashed her twice over a leg 'with a blunt object'. She suspected it was a screwdriver. He tore her nightdress and robe during the assault while she was fighting to stop him from getting inside the homestead. "When I noticed he managed to push open the door I stepped back, and grabbed my three-year-old son Samuel, who was standing behind my legs, and threw him into the living room. She had also been making tea and threw the assailtant with hot tea and rushed to their bedroom where her husband had just awakened and jumped up to find out what all the noise was about. At that point the attacker fled - when he saw the Afrikaner farmer and their boerbull both charging towards him. The man jumped across the backwall with her husband, armed with a hockey-stick, in hot pursuit. The police were called. The SAPS in Modjadjiskloof spokesman w/o Kgamedi Seshoka said this was 'not classified as a farm attack but merely as an assault: the reason for the attack is not known and the police are investigating'. Mrs Vermaak said their car was not parked at the homestead at the time: it was away for a service. And she was making tea in the kitchen while the rest of the lights in the house were off. "We suspect (the assaillant) may have believed nobody was at home'. Mrs Vermaak went to their doctor on Wednesday to get an injection against any possible infection she may have incurred and also took their son to have him examined for any trauma. Boere Krisis Aksie: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=690091174350764&set=a.178568022169751.48293.116298045063416&type=1