KUTLWANO
OLIFANT and MDUDUZI MTAKATI
SOWETO
police are investigating a case of rape, attempted murder and housebreaking after a 11-year-old-old girl was
attacked in her home.
Her
attacker allegedly strangled her with her mother’s bra, raped her and then
stabbed her multiple times before fleeing from the scene.
The
girl’s four-year-old sibling witnessed the gruesome attack just after 6am
yesterday.
Their
parents’ had just left their home for work.
Minutes
after the ordeal, the girl dressed in a t-shirt and covered in a throw blanket,
slowly walked to the neighbour’s home where she sought help.
She
could barely talk and bleeding profusely which prompted the neighbours into
action – they immediately called the police while others tried to stop her
bleeding.
It
is alleged the attacker gained entry by kicking open the door of their
Braafishersville’s RDP house and demanded money from the victim and her younger
brother.
The
intruder allegedly waited for victims’ father to leave for work before pouncing
on his children. The girl’s mother leaves home around 4.30am to catch
a train to Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni for work. She is then followed by the
father an hour later, leaving the two together before their elder brother,19,
comes home to monitor them. The brother lives with his grandmother in
Dobsonville.
Just
after arriving for work, children’s mother was called by neighbours alerting
her of the incident she referred to as “heartbreaking”.
The
mother, who cannot be named to protect the identity of her children, meet with
her
sister
in Joburg CBD, who drove her to hospital to see her daughter.
Yesterday
after 4pm she confirmed that her daughter was in a critical condition and was
being admitted. At the time, she said her daughter was receiving stitches.
Still
shocked by the incident, the mother said she wished to know why her daughter
was stabbed by the intruder.
“Why
didn’t he take things he wanted and left my child alone. She is harmless and
younger,” said the mother, adding that she was grateful that her daughter was
able to go and seek help.
“Had
she not rushed to our neighbour, maybe we could be talking a different story.
Maybe she would have died from the bleeding,” she said.
Speaking
at the scene, where his home was surround by forensic police collecting
evidence, the 19-year-old brother observed his from his neighbour’s yard.
He
felt that, had he lived with his parents and siblings, this could have been
prevented.
“I’m
sadden by this. No one wished to see their younger sister go through such pain.
I’d kill the man who did this to my sister if I knew him,” he said, speaking
softly.
The
four-year-old was kept at his neigbour’s home while police cordoned off his
home.
Curious
and devastated neighbours stared as police continued working on their
investigation by midday.
A
neigbhour, Lerato Mokoena(crt) said she was concern about crime rate in the
area. She said their community patrol forum had stopped patrolling in the area
for various reasons. She said it was time the CPF in Bramfischerville reinforce
the patrolling system.
“Our
children are not safe in this place. This child didn’t deserve to be harmed in
this manner. why didn’t this man(the attacker) take whatever he wanted and left
them in peace? We are hurt as parents and as community member”, said Mokoena.
Police
are investigating a case of rape, attempted murder and house robbery.
