Spate of child rapes in Limpopo
2012-12-31 16:00
Johannesburg - Two girls, aged 3 and 7, were among six
girls raped in Limpopo at the weekend, police said on Monday.
Three men, including a soldier, were arrested, police
spoksperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
The 3-year-old was raped, allegedly by a neighbour, in
Letsitele on Sunday. Her mother caught the man in the act at a nearby river.
In Maake a father raped his 7-year-old daughter. Both men
were arrested.
A 22-year-old SA National Defence Force member was
arrested at Malale village on Monday following the rape of a 14-year-old girl
in Tshamutumbu.
"It is alleged the suspect, who is based at Madimbo,
has been molesting the victim for months. The ordeal came to the attention of
the victim's mother who reported the matter to the police this morning
[Monday]."
A 16-year-old girl was abducted and gang-raped, allegedly
by three men, in Maake.
A 13-year-old girl from Vila Nora, about 40km west of
Lephalale, was kidnapped and repeatedly raped for two days. A 17-year-old girl
from Vila Nora was raped on her way home from a local tavern around 02:00 on
Saturday.
No arrests had been made in these three cases.
- SAPA
