Former Bok Naka Drotske recounts night attackers shot him
Former Springbok hooker was shot twice in the attack at his brother’s Pretoria home‚ but his heroics saved lives
Former Springbok hooker Naka Drotske did not take his personal safety into account when he charged four armed assailants in December 2018 because he believed the attackers wanted to kill. Drotske was shot twice in the attack at his brother’s Pretoria home‚ but his heroics saved his family members and his friend and fellow 1995 World Cup winner, Os du Randt, from injury. “The day it happened I had just dropped my boys at OR Tambo [airport] because they were on their way to visit their mum in the US‚ in Dallas‚” Drotske said after being discharged from hospital. “I left them at about 7.15pm and went to my brother’s smallholding in Pretoria for a braai. I was sitting on the patio with my back to the garden when I heard Os and my brother‚ Thinus‚ screaming‚ ‘No‚ no‚ no’. “When I turned around I saw four guys‚ wearing balaclavas‚ armed with guns‚ and spraying tear gas as well. Instinct kicked in. I didn’t believe they were looking for money because our mobile phones and wallets were on t...
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