5 men arrested for gang rape, murder of EC teen The 14-year-old girl disappeared last Monday - her body was found in a bushy area on Thursday. Handcuffs. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.
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CAPE TOWN - Police have arrested five men in the Eastern Cape, believed to be linked to local gangs, in connection with gang rape and murder of a teenager.
The 14-year-old girl disappeared last Monday - her body was found in a bushy area on Thursday.
Patronicia Jordaan is believed to have been gang raped before she was stabbed to death.
It s alleged the teenager was in the company of 12 men at a drug den last Tuesday night before she was reportedly sexually assaulted.
Five alleged gangsters have been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder and rape of a 14-year-old Port Elizabeth teenage girl, SAPS in the Eastern Cape said.
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Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu said at around 8.30am on Thursday police were alerted about the body of a woman lying in the bushes between Gelvandale and Algoa Park.
“She sustained multiple stab wounds. On Friday, 8 January 2021, she was identified as Patronicia, Mandy, Jordaan, 14, from Kobus Road in Helenvale. She was last seen by a relative on Monday, 4 January 2021 in Kobus Road,” Naidu said.
Naidu said a 72 hour activation plan was immediately implemented by the police and a task team comprising of Gelvandale detectives, crime intelligence, provincial crime scene investigation, Anti-Gang Unit , public order policing, CIT Combatting Team and the state pathologist was set up.
A 34-year-old woman died in hospital after she was allegedly attacked by her fiancé.
Police said the man attacked his fiancée with an axe while she was visiting a friend in Port Elizabeth.
He was arrested after being found hiding at a relative s house in Port Alfred.
A 33-year-old man has been tracked down and arrested in Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape after he allegedly attacked and killed his fiancée with an axe.
Police said the victim, Vuyokazi Faba, 34, was visiting a friend in Bloza in Rocklands, Port Elizabeth, on 14 December around 19:30 when her fiancé arrived. According to witnesses, he was aggressive and dragged her from the house and started assaulting her with an axe, police spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg said.
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