{"id":109536,"date":"2016-01-11T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T06:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/109536\/woman-gang-raped-dropped-off-in-germiston\/"},"modified":"2016-01-12T11:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T09:00:25","slug":"woman-gang-raped-dropped-off-in-germiston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/01\/11\/woman-gang-raped-dropped-off-in-germiston\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman gang raped, dropped off in Germiston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The police are appealing to the community for help in tracing a suspect in a rape case.It is alleged that the man was one of a group of men who recently raped a woman in an abandoned house before dropping her off at a block of flats in Germiston.<\/p>\n<p>It is further alleged that the men took turns to rape the victim the whole night.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The woman\u2019s ordeal began when she approached a red and white taxi (the transport used by the gang) for a lift, in Alberton.<\/p>\n<p>The taxi stopped for her.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The suspect is aged between 40 and 45 and speaks Zulu.<\/p>\n<p>He is armed with a firearm and can be aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>The man is light in complexion, skinny and tall.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed the suspect is operating in the Alberton area and its surrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information can contact Const Mabel Phakula from the Alberton SAPS on 011 776-5324 or 084 901 0937.<\/p>\n<p>The community is advised not to approach the man or men as they may be armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/109530\/bangladeshi-man-caught-with-official-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bangladeshi man caught with official documents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/109538\/primrose-cpf-issues-warning-to-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">Primrose CPF issues warning to community<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e5d0a4f7a10eee94927b595368bbf6c7'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are asking the community for help to trace this wanted man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":109537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[1773,2472,989,9343,979,969,2734,999,1689,998],"class_list":["post-109536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-alberton","tag-alberton-saps","tag-crime","tag-gang-rape","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-police","tag-rape","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["alberton","alberton saps","crime","gang rape","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","police","rape","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}