/ 6 July 2008

Policewoman raped by hijackers

A female police constable was hijacked, raped and assaulted by two gunmen, Eastern Cape police said on Sunday.

Superintendent Mike Fatyela said the constable was waiting for another policewoman outside the Madeira police station on Saturday when she was confronted by two armed men.

”They ordered her to open her Ford Bantam bakkie and when they got in they ordered her to drive,” he said.

They stopped in the veld nearby, beat her up and took turns raping her. The attackers drove away with her bakkie and the police constable managed to get help, said Fatyela.

”No arrests have been made and police are investigating cases of rape, assault and hijacking,” he said. – Sapa