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VENTERSDORP - North West police have arrested two suspects for a violent farm robbery and attempted murder in Ventersdorp.
A 50-year-old farmer was shot and had his ears cut off during Wednesday's attack.
North West Police Commissioner Peter Adams has welcomed the arrest.
"The team that is led by the investigating officer, Captain Bonita Dry, to my left, has apprehended two suspects that is linked to that very brutal farm attack on Mr. Donovan Marks.
"I can also confirm that his vehicle that was taken by them at the time of the incident were found abandoned. That vehicle has been processed by our members of the Criminal Record Center for us to determine which DNA has been deposited in that vehicle," Adams said.