The day before the New Year, seven men took turns in raping a 27-year-old woman in Ext. 11.
According to WO Ishmael Mohutsiwa, the Ikageng SAPS spokesperson, the woman encountered the men on her way home at 04:00 on 31 December.
‘They then took her to an abandoned house where they raped her,’ he said.
In Ikageng, rape was one of the bigger crime contributors during the festive season.
According to the Thutuzela Rape Crisis Centre at Potchefstroom Hospital, a total of 42 victims had arrived at their doorstep in the first 19 days of December alone. It is likely that there were other cases that were not reported, however.
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