Five arrested after South African farmer tortured
The gist
South African police arrested five suspects, aged 26 to 56, over the attack on cattle farmer Donovan Marx.
The case feeds a wider fight over farm crime and claims of white genocide.
How it unfolded
- Oct 28, 2026Masked armed men tied up a worker mowing the lawn, then attacked Marx, shooting him in the upper body/back, stabbing him and cutting off his ears. They ransacked the house, took three firearms from a safe and fled in his red Isuzu bakkie; R6,000 was also taken.
- Oct 29, 2026Reports said no arrests had been made and authorities had not suggested race as a motive; Marx was reported fighting for his life.
- Oct 30, 2026Marx was reported in a stable condition in intensive care at Mediclinic Potchefstroom, with a gunshot wound to the back that passed through his kidney, colon surgery, a stab wound to the leg and the amputation of both ears.