UPDATE: Reverend stabbed repeatedly
A reverend and his wife were viciously attacked in their Mayberry Park home on Monday morning, May 30.
A REVERAND and his wife were viciously attacked in their Mayberry Park home on Monday morning, May 30.
“I’m doing okay, just some discomfort, especially where they stabbed me on my head, it’s very stiff from all the stitches,” says Linroe Jass about how he is feeling. He adds: “I thought I was going to die. The attack felt like it was going on for an eternity, and when they left, I still had a massive sense of dread that they would return to finish the job.”
Between 02:00 and 03:00, Jass (35) and his wife Zonia (33), were viciously attacked in their beds by men who had broken into their new house.
Zonia recalls the incident vividly: “I woke up and looked for my phone, but couldn’t see it, so I looked over at my husband’s side table and it wasn’t there either, then I just saw two men rushing into the room. I screamed, and as my husband was getting up, they started stabbing him with a Stanley knife and a screwdriver.”
The couple’s 11-month-old son was lying in Linroe’s arms, but luckily he was able to block any stab wounds to the baby. Linroe suffered more than 20 stab wounds, and his wife also suffered a stab wound to her hand in the fight. The RECORD previously reported that Linroe was stabbed 18 times but he has since confirmed that they counted more than 20 wounds. “We stopped counting at 20,” his wife Zonia said.
Zonia told the RECORD that the moment she saw a gap, she took their baby from her husband’s arms and it is believed that is when she was stabbed in her hand.
According to Zonia, the police responded fairly quickly after the attack that lasted for around an hour.
Linroe suffers from type two diabetes, and his blood sugar levels have been fluctuating since the attack on Monday, causing the doctor’s some concerns, but Linroe is confident they have it under control.
“I am just waiting for the surgeon who worked on my hand to give me the all-clear so I can go home”, says the hopeful reverend from the UCCSA (United Congregational Church of Southern Africa) church in Eden Park.
The RECORD will follow the family’s progress and keep our readers updated.
