Five women gang-raped during robbery in Limpopo

Five women gang-raped during robbery in Limpopo

A manhunt's been launched in Limpopo after the gang rape of five women. 

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"The suspects allegedly stormed into two funeral parlours situated next to Leporong and gang-raped five women, shot one employee, and brutally assaulted six others," says provincial police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo. 


Mojapelo says the six armed men attacked two women who were walking to Wisani Burial Society on Sunday. 


The gang shot and wounded an employee there. 


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The group then moved to the second mortuary, where they assaulted six men before attacking and robbing three women. 


An undisclosed amount of money was stolen. 


Cases of five counts of rape, three counts of kidnapping, attempted murder and business robbery are being investigated.

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