A nine-year-old girl was raped during a burglary in Monument Park on Monday, Pretoria police said.
Captain Tessa Jansen said two men in their 20s broke into a 35-year-old woman’s house around 1am.
They gained access by breaking a window and once inside they threatened the woman at knife-point.
”One of the robbers forced the woman into her car and made her drive to a nearby ATM to withdraw money. However it is not known if she did withdraw any money,” said Jansen.
The robber who remained at the house raped the woman’s nine-year-old daughter.
”While the robber and the woman were at the ATM, the other robber raped the woman’s daughter and when the two returned from the ATM, the robbers loaded electrical appliances into the woman’s car.”
She was forced to drive the two to a spot in Monument Park where the robbers left the car with the stolen appliances.
Police were investigating charges of rape and house robbery, said Jansen. – Sapa