Suspected rapist stoned to death

A man who allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl at
knifepoint was stoned to death in the Crossroads
informal settlement in Cape Town, according to
a report. The Star newspaper reported the 32-year-old was
dragged from a shebeen, near the victim's house,
beaten with sjamboks, and stoned to death around
11am on Sunday. Two men with knives apparently confronted the girl
and her friend while they were on their way to visit
another friend on Saturday afternoon, the victim's
aunt told the paper. They were forced into a shack
and raped. "My niece told me the suspect and his accomplice
threatened to kill them if they told anyone about the
incidents," the aunt was quoted as saying. A local resident told the newspaper people were fed
up with the man. "During the day before he raped the girl, he robbed
people of their phones. He was always carrying a
knife with him. "We don't regret his killing because if we do not
react to these incidents, no one would," the
resident, who did not want to be named, said. The raped teenager was taken away from the area
after her family apparently received death threats
from the dead man's friends. Police spokesman Lt-Col Andre Traut said no
arrests had yet been made for the murder.