Two rape suspects on the run

06 December 2006 - 02:00
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Police are looking for a man who allegedly raped his mentally ill teenage sister on Monday night in Mpumalanga.

Police are looking for a man who allegedly raped his mentally ill teenage sister on Monday night in Mpumalanga.

The suspect from Jerusalem near Hazyview had asked the girl, 14, to accompany him to the local shop.

Mpumalanga Lowveld police spokesman Superintendent Mtsholi Bhembe said when the two reached a dark place the man told the girl that she was sexy and grabbed her, taking her into the bushes where he allegedly raped her.

He then left the girl and fled .

"The suspect is known and will be arrested soon," said Bhembe.

l In a separate incident in Masoyi, a 17- year-old girl was raped by her cousin's boyfriend on Monday night. Bhembe said the girls were asleep when the suspect knocked at the window. When they opened the door he dragged the girl that was not his girlfriend outside and raped her.

The suspect is still at large. - Masoka Dube