Manhunt underway after 27-year-old woman raped in cemetery

The rape incident occurred while the woman was walking alone to a bus stop in Mpumalanga. She was on her way to work.

Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt after a 27-year-old woman was raped on Wednesday 1 July 2020, at the cemetery in Masoyi, Mpumalanga. The woman was walking alone to a bus stop, on her way to work, when the incident occurred. 

The woman told police that it was still dark when she saw someone walking in front of her. She thought it was another woman also going to work. 

“However, when she got closer, she realised that it was a male person and suddenly, the suspect produced a knife and forced her to the graveyard where he raped her,” said Brigadier Leonard Hlathi. 

An investigation into this matter is underway and police request assistance from the community to be able to arrest the suspect.

#SAY NO TO RAPE