Duo bounds and rapes woman in eMbalenhle
In another case, a 26-year-old woman was raped in her own bed at Ext 20 in eMbalenhle.
Two respective women reported being raped in eMbalenhle this week.
Two men tied a man and made him watch as they raped his 21-year-old girlfriend at Ext 12 in eMbalenhle on Sunday morning, August 14.
According to Const Busi Mthethwa, the victim was waiting for her boyfriend in his room while he fetched water from another room.
When he returned, he was accompanied by two men.
These men grabbed the boyfriend when they entered the room and tied his hands and legs.
They instructed the woman to cooperate and to lie face down on the bed.
Mthethwa said one of the men allegedly stuffed a fat cake into the woman’s mouth and then wrapped a t-shirt over her mouth.
The duo then allegedly bound the woman’s hands and feet before taking turns raping her at gunpoint.
Mthethwa said the attackers left with the woman’s laptop and cellphone.
A rape case was opened but no arrests have yet been made.
In another case, a 26-year-old woman was raped in her own bed at Ext 20 in eMbalenhle.
Mthethwa said the woman was awakened by the sound of an opening door.
She got up and went to check what had caused the noise, and saw a man with a beer bottle in his hand.
The woman tried to scream but the man threatened to smash his beer bottle in her face.
Mthethwa said the attacker then ordered the woman to undress and he repeatedly rape her.
The police opened a rape case. No arrest has yet been made.
