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2012-12-10 09:07<\/span><\/p>\n

Johannesburg – Five wild horses were killed by a single lightning bolt during a thunderstorm in Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga, over the weekend, it was reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

Reinette van Niekerk, a member of the Kaapsehoop horse fund, told Beeld<\/a> that a herd of nine wild horses sheltered under a tree a short distance away from the guesthouse where she was staying on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

“It looked as though something was bothering them. They seemed stressed and restless.”<\/p>\n

With a storm fast approaching, Van Niekerk and her husband went to move their car into the garage.<\/p>\n

“We were still in the car when we heard a deafeningly loud crack. We went to investigate and saw five of the horses lying under the tree.”<\/p>\n

The remaining four horses had run away, and were nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n

Van Niekerk’s father, Willie Charlotte, said everyone in the town knew the horses, as they moved freely in the nature reserve outside the town.<\/p>\n

“It’s a sad story for the town, we were all very fond of those animals,” he said.<\/p>\n

– SAPA<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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