The Elsburg SAPS are still searching for three men, wanted in connection with a murder, rape and house robbery.<\/p>\n
The crime took place at 12.01am on December 21, last year, in Cucumber Street, Rondebult.<\/p>
Members of the Elsburg Sector Three police, while on patrol in the area, received a complaint of a house robbery in progress at this address, at about 1.15am.<\/p>\n
They rushed to the scene and found a woman who informed them that four unknown men had raped her and her sister and that her sister was still lying on the a bed in the house.<\/p>
\u201cThe suspects ran away after performing their evil deeds,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg SAPS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey made off with a plasma TV and two cellphones.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the officers went into the house to investigate they found a woman lying on a bed with an open wound on her upper body and her face covered with cloth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe woman was certified dead by paramedics and the other rape victim was taken to hospital for further medical attention,\u201d said Phooko.<\/p>\n
The police continued with their investigation and tracked down and arrested a suspect.<\/p>\n
He appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court on charges of murder, rape and house robbery and is currently being detained in the Boksburg Prison, where the victim has identified him.<\/p>\n
The other three men are still at large.<\/p>\n
An identikit of one of the men has been compiled.<\/p>\n
He spoke Southern Sotho.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about the wanted men can contact Sgt Sam Molpyane, from the Elsburg police, on 011 827-2060 or 076 112 2011.<\/p>\n
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