Police searching for alleged panga rapists
Police are looking for two suspects who had attacked three
girls and raped two of them in Vuwani, Limpopo on Wednesday.
Limpopo police spokesperson, Moatshe Ngoepe, says the three girls - aged between 16 and 18 - were on their way home from school, when the two men ambushed them.
"They met two men armed with pangas who threatened and ordered them to follow them to a secluded area in the nearby bushes," says Ngoepe.
He adds the suspects took turns in raping two of the three girls before they fled the scene.
Police have opened two cases of rape and investigations are ongoing.
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