KwaZulu-Natal – A 7 year old girl was raped in a dense bush in phoenix on Sunday afternoon and the suspect managed to evade arrest.
It is said that Reaction Unit South Africa’s (RUSA) members were called out to the scene, where on arrival, they found community members and were informed that a pedestrian heard a child screaming for assistance from the Bush.
The pedestrian, then reacted to the scream as he entered the bush and noticed a man fleeing and tried running after him but he lost sight of him.
According to the victim, she was accosted in by the suspect in Mawothi and her forced her to follow him to phoenix when he raped her. A search for the suspect was conducted with no success.
The case is being investigated further by Phoenix SAPS.