By Obakeng Maje
Kuruman- Police arrested a 40 year-old Mozambican national for allegedly raping a 2 year-old baby girl from Bankhara village in Kuruman.

On Tuesday, at about 20:45, Kuruman Station Commander, Lt Col Jacobus Van Wyk arrested the suspect at Bankhara village, after being pointed out by the victim’s mother.

“The victim’s mother alleged that on Saturday the toddler was playing outside her home not far from the suspect’s shack. At about 13:00, she realised that the child was not around, she then went to search for the child and knocked on the suspect’s door” lieutenant Sergio Kock said.

Kock said while enquiring from the suspect about the child’s whereabouts, she saw her daughter emerging from the bedroom with her underwear pulled down. The mother became suspicious and after consulting with an older woman in the community, a case of rape was opened on Monday.

The suspect will appear before the Kuruman Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for rape.-TDN
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