Bluff domestic worker fends off armed intruder with broomstick

A Blue Security armed response officer arrested an armed intruder who had held up a Bluff resident at knifepoint in her home last night.
Blue Security community and media liaison officer Andreas Mathios said the armed response officer responded to the scene of the home invasion at a cottage on a property in Marine Drive at around 9.45pm. “We received a call from the resident in the main house that there was an intruder on the property. He had held up a domestic worker who lives in a cottage at the back of the property,” Mathios said.
“According to the domestic worker, the suspect had forced his way into her home through the main door to the cottage, and had attempted to stab her with a knife. She managed to successfully defend herself with a broomstick and escape the attack unharmed,” Mathios said. “Our armed response officer responded swiftly to the property and arrested suspect who was still on the premises and armed with a knife,” Mathios said.
Brighton Beach SAPS attended the scene of the crime.
Another suspect was arrested by SAPS after he assaulted a domestic worker in Westville while she was hanging up washing, and locked her in the garage while he broke into the house.