Three farm workers killed in Beufort West

By Kim Saulse
06 December 2009

Beaufort West police are investigating an incident in which three workers were shot dead on a farm in the area.

It is believed an argument broke out between the workers and a foreman.

Shots were fired and three people, including a woman in her eighties and a man in his sixties, were killed.

The man and woman were shot inside a house while a third person, a man in his thirties, was shot outside.

They all died on the scene.