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Kameeldrift murders: No arrests after brutal home invasions
It has been days since two brutal murders shook the Kameeldrift community in Gauteng — yet police have made no arrests.
Pretoria Rekord reports that in two separate incidents just days apart, a father of three was gunned down during a home invasion, and another resident was shot and killed on his property.
Despite growing pressure from residents and grieving families desperate for justice, both cases remain unsolved.
In the early hours of last Monday, 46-year-old Jaco Strydom was shot and killed during a home invasion.
According to his family, Strydom woke to the sound of intruders breaking in through a sliding door.
In a desperate attempt to protect his wife and three sons, he grabbed a steel pipe and confronted the armed attackers. He was shot during the struggle and collapsed in his son's bedroom.
He died a hero, just hours before his youngest child's sixth birthday.
Only a few days before Strydom's murder, another man was attacked and killed during a robbery.
On the evening of July 24, a violent home invasion in Buffelsdrift, within the Kameeldrift policing area, resulted in the death of Mossie Mostert.
One of the attackers was seen on camera walking in his yard just before four suspects — dressed in blue overalls — stormed the property.
Mostert's son rushed over and found the house had been ransacked. His 82-year-old father was discovered outside, severely assaulted and tied with wires.
He was transported to a hospital in Montana but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Only cash and a cellphone are believed to have been stolen.
Despite the murders happening in close proximity and within days of each other, no arrests have been made.
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