A young British tourist was repeatedly raped after she and her South African friend were hijacked on the Sabie-Lydenburg road on Saturday afternoon.
”The couple stopped about 7km outside Sabie to admire the view when they were approached by four men, one armed with a revolver. They tied up the couple and forced them into their vehicle and drove off,” Inspector Marlene Waldeck said on Monday morning.
The gangsters raped the woman several times over a period of 14 hours and early on Sunday morning overturned the vehicle, a red Toyota Venture, about 28 kilometres outside Barberton, Waldeck said.
A passing motorist Domingo Campbell stopped to assist. The gangsters shot and killed him and ran off.
Waldeck said police later arrested two of the gangsters. The raped woman suffered lacerations to her wrists and her friend also sustained bruises on the wrists. He was also knifed in the leg and suffered wounds to his back, Waldeck said.
Both victims were severely traumatised and were being treated in a local hospital. – Sapa