South Africa police hunting for rapist with bitten penis

Johanesburg, Jan. 10: A woman in South Africa bit the penis of a man who raped her in front of her five- year- old child, police said on Wednesday as they searched for the “injured” attacker.

An AFP reports said the woman was hitch- hiking with her child in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga on Monday when two men gave her a lift, pointed a gun at her and drove their car into bushes.

“One of the men forcefully raped her at knifepoint in front of her child”, Mpumalanga police said in a statement.

“During the process, the woman managed to bite the private part of the man who ran away,” it added.

The police called for medical clinics in the area to contact them if they treated a man with “severely injured” private parts. The penis was not severed. The woman, who was three months pregnant, was attacked outside the small town of White River.

Over 100 rapes are reported every day in South Africa, though the number of rapes is thought to be far higher.

Police are often accused of inadequately investigating alleged rapes and failing to treat victims properly. Many alleged attackers are not prosecuted and the conviction rate in rape trials is less than 10 percent, as per studies.

She was hitch- hiking with her child when two men raped her at knifepoint Police are often accused of inadequate investigation in rape cases