Two elderly women aged 75 and 91, were brutally attacked in their home at Sigubudwini Administrative Area in Tsomo, Eastern Cape on Sunday night, June 6.
The women aged 75 and 91 were sleeping when two suspects broke into their home using a window and demanded money, before sexually assaulting the pair. The suspects allegedly demanded money from the victims before proceeding to rape them.
Only one of the women survived the attack and South African Police officers are now hunting for the perpetrators.
Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, SAPS spokesperson in the Eastern Cape said;
âDuring the incident, one of the victims managed to escape for her life to a neighbourâs homestead, whilst leaving the other inside the house where the incident took place.â