By Matabeleland North Correspondent
BINGA: A local man here who allegedly pounced on a 13-year-old girl who was herding cattle with her younger siblings and raped her has been arrested.
Freejoy Mhlanga (23) of Bboloboza 17, Kabula village under Chief Sinamagonde in Lusulu grabbed the girl whose identity has been concealed, and dragged her into a nearby bush where he threatened to stab her with a knife.
Mhlanga slapped the screaming repeatedly as he threatened to stab her before forcibly having sexual intercourse with her.
He allegedly fled from the scene after he saw a passerby approaching but was arrested the same day charged with rape.