By Zuko Komisa
Police have launched a manhunt for the six suspects after five women were gang-raped at a funeral parlour.
A group of suspects armed with guns stormed into two funeral parlours in Polokwane on Sunday.
The suspects also allegedly shot and injured one man and six other people were brutally assaulted.
According to police spokeswoman Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo the six suspects made off with the victim’s cellphone and an undisclosed amount of money.
“They then proceeded to the next mortuary where they found three other females and six male employees,”“All six males were severely assaulted by the suspects until they became unconscious. They allegedly used the buds of their firearms to attack them. All five females were then gang-raped and robbed of their cell phones and other belongings.
“The suspects thereafter took an undisclosed amount of money from the safe and fled the scene. Some of the female victims were also assaulted,” said Mojapelo.
Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe, the provincial police commissioner for Limpopo, vowed that the investigation team would search every possible avenue to find the suspects.
“I urge community members to come forward with information to assist the police in cracking these cases as speedily as possible,” said Hadebe.
