Five arrested after South African farmer shot and tortured

South African police have arrested five people in connection with a brutal attack on a cattle farmer, who was assaulted and tortured in what has been described as a "senseless and barbaric" act.

Donovan Marx, 50, was attacked during a house robbery on his farm in Ventersdorp, a small town in South Africa's North West province, last Wednesday.

Marx was ambushed as he returned home, shot and stabbed and had his ears cut off in the horrific ordeal, police said.

All five of his alleged attackers were arrested over the weekend, a move welcomed by Marx's wife and family.

They added that the "legal process must [now] take its course".

The horrific attack has caused widespread outrage in a country which is used to high levels of violence.

Police last week explained how the attack on Mark happened.

A group of masked men armed with guns approached a worker at Mark's house as he was mowing the lawn, they said in a statement.

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