Business owner and family member brutally murdered and burnt in the hotel

CRIME

By Kabelo Abel Mokgalabone

OHRIGSTAD : The Police at Ohrigstad in the Sekhukhune District have activated a massive man hunt for suspects, who allegedly attacked and murdered a prominent businesswoman and a family member at a hotel just outside Ohrigstad on Saturday.

Police Spokesperson, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba says the deceased are a 77-year-old and 73-year-old owner of the business and her nephew.

Hennie and Annecke Classen both died after they were burnt alive in an attack on Saturday night.

Ledwaba says upon the police arrival they found two burnt bodies of white male and female inside two different buildings.

Ledwaba says according to the information received, one African male wearing a balaclava was seen fleeing the scene.

He says the motive for the killing is unknown, and no arrests have yet been made.

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