Mom tells of her little girl’s rape, stabbing horror
The little victim of a monstrous crime was abducted, raped, savagely stabbed within an inch of her life and callously tossed among the rubbish at a dumpsite.
The Grade 1 pupil and her best friend had been playing in a street not far from their homes near Struanway when they were lured away by a man who asked them to go to a shop for him.
The five-year-old friend was also raped, gagged and had her hands tied. She was discovered early on Thursday in a shack where their alleged assailant was also found – passed out on a sofa – in the Chris Hani informal settlement.
“I am devastated. My only wish is that my daughter gets well soon. It’s hurting,” the six-year-old’s mother said. “How can a human being do this to her?”
[caption id="attachment_223503" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Little girl with her mother
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The 27-year-old mother said Wednesday’s savage attack had enraged the entire community, who were now baying for the blood of the suspect who is in police custody.
Angry resident Nopinki Funani, 35, said the community was disgusted by the crime.
“This monster came from Vuku Street, New Brighton, and arrived here in November.
“He was someone who liked drinking and making jokes and drove jikeleza taxis. This has come as a shock to us. We are angry. The police must release him to us for justice to be served.”
The attack occurred when the two friends were playing in a street near their homes just after 5.30pm on Wednesday, said the mother, who had pieced together events after talking to her daughter.
“The suspect approached the girls. He gave them R5, saying they must go to a shop to buy him some chips. Upon their return, he told the girls to accompany him so that he could show them where he stayed,” she said.
The mother said that when the children entered the nearby shack, the suspect immediately locked the door, telling them they were not going home.
