Rapid response by community members in Willowvale has led to two alleged rapists being apprehended and arrested soon after the crime was committed, Eastern Cape police said on Sunday.
Eastern Cape police commissioner Lt-Gen Liziwe Ntshinga applauded members of the community who chased and caught the two men, aged 23 and 41, who were suspected of raping a 23-year-old woman.
Butterworth police spokesperson, Captain Jackson Manatha said it was alleged that the victim was on her way to a shop on Thursday evening when a man dragged her into bushes, where he allegedly raped her.
He says another man then arrived at the scene and also raped her.
Manatha says she identified both suspects and alerted the community.
The two suspects were traced and caught by community members, who took them to the Willowvale Police Station where they were charged with rape.
Both will appear in the Willowvale Magistrate's Court on Monday.
- African News Agency
