Four gun-toting hijackers raped a woman in a hearse on Sunday night after they had hijacked the vehicle in Umthambeka Section in Tembisa earlier.
The hearse driver was seriously assaulted by the men while they drove around with him until early on Monday morning.
It is not known what happened to the woman who was raped, said metro police spokesperson, Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago.
According to him four men hijacked the white Mercedes Benz Vito hearse and forcefully took the driver along after pistol-whipping him.
“The driver of the hearse was surprised by the four assailants while opening the gate at his residence in Umthambeka Section. The hijackers drove around with the driver who had sustained serious injuries inflicted by the robbers. Apparently, while driving around, the hijackers gave a woman a lift and took turns in raping her inside the hijacked hearse,” Kgasago added.
In the early hours of Monday morning, the injured driver was dumped in Entshonalanga Section where members of the community helped him to report the case at Tembisa Police Station.
The abandoned hearse was located in Umthambeka Section around 5am on Monday morning and taken to the SAPS Van Ryn pound in Benoni.
