Male African buffalo with red-billed oxpecker, partly a symbiotic relationship and partly parasitic. Photo:
Charles J. Sharp / Wikimedia Commons
Buffalo attacks and kills 50-year-old man in Limpopo farm
A buffalo attacked and killed a 50-year-old at a farm in Limpopo while the farm owner had to climb a tree to be safe from an attack too.
Male African buffalo with red-billed oxpecker, partly a symbiotic relationship and partly parasitic. Photo:
Charles J. Sharp / Wikimedia Commons
Police in Lephalale are investigating a case of inquest after a buffalo attacked and killed a man at Oxford Farm Steenbokpan in Limpopo.
The incident reportedly happened on Thursday 30 June 2022 at around 08:00 in the morning.
BUFFALO KILLS 50-YEAR-OLD MAN
The 50-year-old was reportedly with the farm owner and a photographer when the buffalo attacked him after he allegedly fired shots at the buffalo, unfortunately he died instantly.
According to police, when the farm owner tried to rescue him by firing some shots at the buffalo, subsequently the buffalo chased and attacked him as well.
He escaped by climbing on the tree and the photographer also managed to keep a safe distance.
Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Mamphaswa Seabi said emergency services including the police were summoned to the scene and a 50-year-old man was certified dead and identified as Benjamin De Bruyn.
“The owner was then taken to the hospital for medical treatment. The Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Hadebe, calls on the communities precisely the farmers and tourists to be extra cautious when around such animals to avoid loss of lives. The Police investigations are continuing.”
Lieutenant Colonel Mamphaswa Seabi
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