KWAZULU-NATAL. – A man accused of raping a woman and then attempting to rob her has been arrested on Saturday in the Lions River area.
According to a statement from Mi7 National Group, an operator at the control room received a call from a client reporting an alleged attempted robbery near the Nelson Mandela Capture Site. A response officer was dispatched to the scene and arrived while the client and an off-duty police officer were struggling with the suspect. The suspect allegedly resisted and tried to grab the response officer's firearm, but the officer managed to maintain control of his weapon and helped subdue the man.
According to information obtained at the scene, the man allegedly raped the woman the previous day and later approached her again with the alleged intention to rob her. The woman was reportedly planning to open a rape case against him. The incident was handed over to police for further investigation.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
