Marcus de Vrye fought tooth and nail in the early hours of Wednesday, 4 November, to prevent the attackers from reaching his mother, Zelda, who was in a separate part of the house.
Marcus was in his gaming room at around 01:00 when the suspects surprised him.
“I heard something and when I looked around, I saw a man with a garden fork behind me.”
Marcus managed to disarm the attacker and then saw more men coming up the stairs. He pushed two of them down the stairs, but a fourth attacker appeared. They were armed with a hammer and knives.
“I went blank and I knew I had to fight for my life.”
During the fight, Marcus sustained knife wounds and was struck on the back with a hammer. The four attackers eventually overpowered him and tied him up.
The attackers fled with a PlayStation, cellphone, Wi-Fi router and speaker.
As soon as they had left, Marcus, still tied up, hopped to the other part of the house.
Zelda, who had been unaware of the attack in the separate part of the house, was only alerted when her bloodied son knocked on the door.
“It is the most frightening experience any mother can endure. I will never forget that sight,” she said.
Marcus sustained multiple cuts and bruises during the attack.
The family discovered after the attack that lightning had damaged the electric fence and alarm the previous night. Consequently, the alarm did not go off when the attackers cut the fence to gain entry.
Brits police responded to the scene. Hartbeespoort News is awaiting a response from the police.
