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Published: 8/20/2009 20:29:34

Two held over rape of US woman

PAUL KIRK

JOHANNESBURG - Police have arrested two suspects for the gang-rape, robbery and torture of a 26-year-old American missionary who was in South Africa on a church sponsored mission to build homes for the poor.

The woman, who is presently in hospital receiving medical treatment for multiple injuries was attacked late on Tuesday evening by three men who smashed through the door of the Ballito home where she was staying.

After overpowering her, the three first sexually assaulted, then beat and gang-raped her before fleeing in a Honda motor car belonging to her church group.

Police from the office of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner, the Local Criminal Record Centre in Durban and the Umhlali Dog Unit raced to the scene and found the woman’s car abandoned.

Fingerprint experts processed the car as well as the house where the attack took place and identified the fingerprints of one of the attackers.

At the home they found the fingerprints of a man who has a previous conviction for robbery and was, until yesterday afternoon, out on bail for housebreaking. Police from the Dog Unit then proceeded to the known hideouts used by the man and arrested him and another man known to often be his accomplice.

The pair were allegedly in possession of property taken from the woman’s home.

Police are confident the third suspect would be arrested soon.

What you say


Jay, WTF do Muslims have to do with this rape? Sorry but you're an idiot! sardonicus 9/2/2009 3:48:29 PM
Black men rape, white men rape, Asian men rape and colored men rape. NOT all black men rape, NOT all white men rape, NOT all Asian men rape and NOT all colored men rape. who rapes more than the other is absolutely imaterial. rape is rape. Robbie 8/30/2009 11:10:03 PM
I refuse to visit even Europe because of the violent crimes immigrants such as Muslims are doing. It's because of filthy MuslimS dogs like this that Europe needs to abolish gun control, criminals will just get the guns via illegal means anyway, I wish the missionary had a gun to send those Muslims to Hell. Even that would be far too humane for a rapist, who deserves at least to be put on a Judas cradle. I fully support a holocaust against rapist. Jay 8/28/2009 10:16:49 PM
South Africa is the CRIME, MURDER RAPE Capital of the World. 60 to 149 MURDERS per DAY South Africa PER DAY WOW. According to South African Police Services: Murders 60 per DAY. According to Department of Home Affairs: Murders 83 per DAY. According to Medical Research Council: Murders 89 per DAY According to Interpol claims: Murders 149 per DAY. ANC Governmunt 1994 to 2008 today more than 300,000 South Africans murdered. Including MORE than 35,000 White South Africans murdered since 1994. Including GENOCIDE 3,065 White Afrikaner Farmers Tortured and Brutally Murdered since 1994. 1 RAPE every 17 Seconds in South Africa. 67,000 BABIES RAPED by BLACK MEN, cases IN ONE YEAR, South Africa. Snowy Smith 8/21/2009 8:17:36 PM
I also think that if the punishments for these types of crime where more harsh and fitted the deeds of these criminals there would be a reduction in these crimes.I am very sorry that a person visiting our country trying to do good should be attacked in this way.Again South Africa's image has been damage overseas. Bob Griffiths 8/21/2009 11:16:04 AM
Bring back the death penalty, it's to easy for these bastards in SA to get away with these crimes. All so called "minor" crimes as house breaking in SA should be treated seriously and criminals should be put away for very long. Rapist's and murderers should be hung or should never see the light of day again, bugger their so called human rights in prison they never gave any thought to the rights of those who they raped or murdered. Build bigger and more prisons and pay the warders better instead of paying incompetent corrupt SABC CEO's and goverment officials huge severance packages. What do we want new planes and ships for in our defence force, is old Bob in Zim any threat to us. get rid of the ilegal aliens who we need to support financially. Get this bloody country back to where our sons & daughters could walk safely down the road to the corner cafe and home again without the threat of being raped or murdered. BBH 8/21/2009 5:40:31 AM
Since racial identities are conspicuously omitted, I'll bet blacks attacked a white... again. MIKE MILLER 8/21/2009 12:31:35 AM

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