A woman (30) narrowly escaped an attack in Louisiana, inland from Sea Park, last night (February 13).
Louisiana is about a 10 minute drive (5.8 kilometres) from Sea Park.
Speaking to the Herald, the woman said the man approached her while she was standing outside a shop in Louisiana.
The man had come from the direction of Madlala. He came up to me, touched my hand and said to me: “I want to sleep with you.”
She said, he then produced a knife and tried to pull her into the bushes.
The brave woman fought him off by kicking him in his private parts and running towards the mosque, as the area was lit-up.
“I ran towards the mosque as there were lights and he wouldn’t follow me,” she said.
The woman told the Herald, that her attacker said to her in isiXhosa: “It’s just the beginning, we haven’t seen anything yet.”
She said he was wearing jeans, a grey T-shirt and had a cream/white hat on. He was dark in complexion, had small eyes and was average in height.
“He was the same person in the identikit that I have seen in the news. I would never mistake that face,” she said.
According to private investigator Brad Nathanson – the man has been described by his victims as:
If you have any information on the rapist mentioned in the story, contact the nearest police station or Detective Warrant Officer Mark John on 039 6819900 or 062 1969404, or 10 111.
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