Two silent gunmen opened fire on farm dwellers in two houses in Ficksburg at the weekend, killing an 11-year-old child and wounding six people.
Police have launched a manhunt for the suspects.
Free State police spokesperson W/O Mmako Mophiring said the gunmen had arrived shortly before 10pm on Sunday, April 21.
“They started shooting at farm dwellers at two houses on the farmstead without uttering a word to the occupants inside the houses.
“The suspects fled the scene on foot and got into a car that was parked on the side of R26 near the farmstead.”
The motive behind the shooting is under investigation.
The wounded victims are being treated in hospital.
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