Limpopo man held over rapes
2013-02-11 18:55
Johannesburg - A man believed to be a serial rapist
operating in the Thohoyandou area has been arrested, Limpopo police said on
Monday.
Police spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said the man, 30,
was taken into custody on Friday.
Eight girls reported being attacked in the area.
Four of them have identified the arrested man as their
attacker.
Mulaudzi said DNA tests have linked the man to all eight
cases.
"The suspect started his raping spree in 2011 and
used the same modus operandi of lying in the bush where he would attack the
girls.
His victims were girls aged between 14 and 19," said
Mulaudzi.
The rapist sometimes attacked girls who walked in the
area with their boyfriends.
Mulaudzi said the man would tie down the boys before
raping the girls.
The man was expected to appear in court soon.
- SAPA
