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The Eastern Cape Provincial Police Commissioner has ordered a task force to be established to track, locate and arrest the perpetrators.
- The victim was assaulted while returning home after accompanying a friend home at 10:00 p.m. on Friday.
- Police were investigating whether the suspects knew each other and had planned the incident together.
- The rape was reportedly carried out in groups of four and three.
Eastern Cape police are looking for 11 suspects for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl on a soccer field in Tsolo on Friday.
The incident occurred at 10:00 p.m. at the New Homes location in the OR Tambo district, Eastern Cape Provincial Police spokesman Brig. Thembinkosi Kinana said.
The victim was attacked while returning home after accompanying a friend home.
According to the information, the victim had accompanied her friend who visited her in her place and when she was returning home, she found four strangers who grabbed her and dragged her to a nearby soccer field where everyone allegedly raped her and left her. in the countryside.
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“Other reports indicate that the four suspects were subsequently followed by others in groups of four and three, who continued to rape the victim.”
Kinana said that, however, it was unclear at this stage whether the group of suspects knew each other or had planned the crime together.
“It is also unknown whether they originated from the same place. The investigation is expected to uncover and reveal all the truths and motives behind this act,” Kinana said.
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Eastern Cape Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga ordered that a task force be established to track, trace and arrest the perpetrators “of this heinous crime,” Kinana said.
No arrests had been made at this stage.
Anyone with information about the incident was urged to contact Sergeant Soyiso Sikhunyana at 079 890 0755 or Crime Stop at 08600 10111; the information would be treated confidentially.
