UITENHAGE - HIJACKING DRAMA LEADS TO MAN STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES AND WOMAN REPEATEDLY RAPED

Uitenhage police have issued a warning  to motorists to be alert when approaching intersections and junctions.

The warning came after a reported incident of hijacking and rape in Uitenhage on Friday.

Police said that “around 14:45, a man and a woman in a blue VW Polo Playa stopped at a junction on R-334 en route to Uitenhage when five men with knives accosted them.”

“The suspects allegedly forced a driver into a boot and drove into the nearby bushes where a woman was repeatedly raped and a man stabbed several times in the upper body,” said police spokesperson, Sergeant Majola Nkohli.

“Before the suspects fled with a vehicle, the victims were tied and left in the bushes.  After a while the victims managed to untie themselves and walked to the road for help,” he said.

Nkohli said they’re investigating a case of hijacking and rape.

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