South Africa: Gay man allegedly gang-raped and left in burning house

A 20-year-old gay man in South Africa was allegedly gang-raped by five people on Sunday, who then left him in a burning house.

According to International Business Times, the victim was reportedly visiting friends at the time of the attack in the Lerato Park development area.

A neighbour, who spoke anonymously, told IOL News that she woke up on Sunday morning and saw flames coming from the house next door.

She said: “Members of the community came with buckets of water and as we approached the second floor of the house, where the flames were coming from, a young man came running down the stairs. He wanted to run away but we calmed him.

“He said that five men had raped him because he was a homosexual….

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