South African police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said: “An unknown suspect wearing a balaclava forced his way into a home and raped three family members at gunpoint. (Image: Vymaps.com) (Image: News, Accidents, Robberies & Incidents)“We have seen a dramatic increase in incident of gender based violence, murder and rape. Earlier this month President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the “surge in murders of women and children” in South Africa since the sale of alcohol was allowed again during lockdown. (Image: Facebook)She was found stabbed repeatedly in the chest and hanging by her neck from a rope in a tree in Johannesburg in a crime that caused uproar once again across South Africa. Statistics show that a woman is murdered in South Africa on average every three hours.

Source: Daily Mirror June 30, 2020 07:56 UTC