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Mpumalanga police are investigating the murder of a 76-year-old man on the farm Welgevonden near Delmas on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Gustav Rappard whose body was found in the barn on the farm.
Provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala, said Rappard and his wife were at home when several men arrived wanting to buy bales of grass.
He said after initially refusing to help them as it was Sunday, Rappard decided to assist them anyway.
“The suspects are said to have then allegedly strangled the elderly man. Thereafter four armed suspects reportedly entered the house where they demanded cash from the man's wife,” Mohlala said.
He said the woman was tied up before the suspects searched the house and fled with two cell phones
Mohlala said the woman, who was unaware of what had happened to her husband at the time, managed to walk to the neighbour's farm to seek help.
He said police opened a case of murder and launched a manhunt for the killers.