The Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit in East London is seeking the Community assistance in tracing a rape suspect.
It is alleged that on Friday 6 November 2020 at 17:00, two females aged 17 and 21 were on their way to Eziphunzana location from East Bank in Vergenoeg when they met an African male unknown to them at Baartman Church robot. The suspect drew a knife and demanded their cellphones and money.
He then pushed them to the nearby bushes where he raped both victims threatening to stab and kill them.
The suspect is tall with a moustache, dark in complexion, estimated to be in his 20s, slender, with an earing on the right ear and has a scar around the left cheek.
A case of rape is under investigation, anyone who can assist police in tracing the suspect or may recognise the suspect from the facial identikit compiled by the Facial Identification Unit is asked to contact D/Sgt Mahlanza on 0798968595 or Crime Stop 08600 10111 or their nearest police station.
