Survive: Thys and Nellie Fourie, 63 and 65, and granddaughter 5 months: warning that blacks now also attack in daylight

Survive: Thys and Nellie Fourie, 63 and 65, and granddaughter, 5 months: attacked by Elderly couple with baby robbed at gunpoint in Van Riebeek Park The couple said their four children and six grandchildren have 'all but one' had experience with first-hand encounters with violent criminals - including armed robbery and attempted hijacking... https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ECE69p3HrC0 --------------------- “I feel I let my family down,” said Thys Fourie (65) after three armed men robbed his Van Riebeek Park home and tied him up in front of his wife, Nellie (63) and five-month-old granddaughter a few weeks ago. The elderly couple, who have been living in their home since 1978, believe the suspects had been monitoring their movements for some time. On the day, the Fouries were in the house while their gardener was in the back yard. “I was met at the door by three armed black men. The one put a gun in my face and asked where my wife was. I told him she was in the bedroom and he said I should take him to her,” explained Thys. “I was trying to put the baby to sleep. They said I must put her down and I said no, I was holding her the whole time. They kept on saying we shouldn’t look at their faces,” Nellie further explained. The suspects asked the couple to take them to the safe, asked for the key and took Thys’ firearm from it, along with jewellery from the cupboard. They then told him to lie flat before tying him up. “They only took the expensive jewellery with sapphires and diamonds worth R85 000. They even took my earrings off my ears. On their way out they also saw my cellphone on the table and took it,” Nellie added. The suspects allegedly came on foot and wore socks on their hands. The Fouries thanked their community for assistance through the ordeal and applauded the good work by Norkem Park SAPS, thanking them for their quick response and professionalism. The station’s spokesman, Capt Lesibana Molokomme, confirmed the incident and said a case of armed robbery had been opened. The elderly couple have had to change their locks and alarm system as the robbers took the entire bunch of house keys as well as the remote to the alarm. They have four children and six grandchildren and say all but one of their children have had first-hand encounters with crime, including armed robbery and attempted hijacking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ECE69p3HrC0 ============= Survived: White disabled pensioner 64, in wheelchair hijacked at Brakpan entrance six Shopping Mall by black knifeman BRAKPAN. A 23-year-old man was arrested this morning (Monday) after he allegedly hijacked an elderly disabled man at knife-point, at the Mall@Carnival. According to Capt Joep Joubert, spokesperson for the Brakpan police station commander, the hijacking took place at 10.45am, near Entrance Six. “A 64-year-old wheelchair-bound man was approached by the suspect, who then threatened him with a knife,” he said. “The suspect then got into the man’s car, a white Volkswagen Polo, and drove off.” Joubert told the Herald that members of the community, who witnessed the hijacking, managed to stop the vehicle. “They pulled the keys from the ignition and tried to arrest the suspect, but he evaded arrest,” he said. “He was eventually arrested by the security guards and handed over to police.” The man faces a charge of hijacking. PAGEGRAB ATTACHED