75-year-old brutally assaulted during home invasion

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VERULAM – An elderly male was hospitalised after he sustained severe injuries during a home invasion in Everest Heights on Friday morning.

Members of Reaction Unit South Africa arrived on scene at approximately 11h18 and discovered a 75-year-old male bleeding excessively from an injury to his head. It was established that three suspects gained entry into the home and held up five (5) individuals while they were preparing for a prayer.

The robbers pistol whipped the male before forcing all the victims into one of the bedrooms. The suspects rolled a large safe down a flight of stairs and loaded it into a getaway vehicle (make, model and registration unknown) before they sped off. The contents of the safe are unknown. The victim was stabilised on scene before being transported to hospital by ambulance.