Shot with state's gun, still standing

LAWS: NIEMAND'S STORY EXPOSES CRACKS IN SAPS

- Marizka Coetzer

LUCKY ESCAPE. Potchefstroom farmer Hennie Niemand was shot with a stolen police firearm in 2020 and lived to tell the tale.

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Potchefstroom farmer who was shot with a stolen police firearm in 2020 and lived to tell the tale says the new firearm regulations give dangerous attackers an easy way to get their hands on firearms.

Hennie Niemand said he could have died and still can’t believe he survived the attack on 21 August, 2020 on the family farm.

“We were working late with the cattle, and my workers took the cattle to the barns. When they got there at about 6pm, they called me and said the bakkie had a flat tyre. I drove there to pick up the workers, and when I got there, it was actually a trap,” he said.

“Luckily, there was only one attacker because my two-year-old daughter and 10-year-old nephew were with me and in the back of the bakkie when the attacker shot at us.