PORT ELIZABETH - SWORD WIELDING ROBBERS TRY TO BITE RINGS OFF 90 YEAR OLD WOMAN'S FINGERS

Eastern Cape police are searching for house robbery suspects who bit the fingers of a 90-year-old woman in Port Elizabeth to try to get her rings.

One of the robbers had a sword.

Police spokesperson Colonel Pricilla Naidu said the elderly woman heard her dog barking at their home in Martin Street, Charlo, at around 01:30 on Saturday.

"She woke up [and] noticed the garage door was open. As she opened the kitchen door to go out to close the garage door, she was accosted by an unknown male who pushed her into the house. He was armed with a sword. Another two males entered."

Naidu said a 64-year-old man, who also lives there, then went outside. But he was also threatened and shoved back into the room.

"The men demanded money. One suspect attempted to bite the rings from the 90-year-old woman but was unsuccessful.

The woman's arm and fingers were injured.

She said the men took a small amount of money from a wallet, clothing, a television, two cellphones, a safe containing a .38 special revolver and the woman's grey Chevrolet Spark.

"The suspects tied up the complainant and his mother with electrical cords and left them in the room."

Naidu said the car was later recovered in Prospect Road.

via - NEWS24