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A 36-YEAR-OLD man was killed by a mob in Lukwethu near Mthatha yesterday after he was caught allegedly raping a three-month-old baby, Eastern Cape police said.

Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the baby’s mother was cooking in another room in her house while the man was allegedly raping her daughter last night.

“She walked into the room and saw what was happening,” Fatyela said. “The mother screamed for help and a number of people came into the house and beat the man to death. “When police arrived there was no sign of the mob.”

The child was admitted to hospital.

Fatyela said it was not known how the man had gained access to the house.

“That is part of our investigation,” he said. “The man was not related to the mother or the child.” – Sapa

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By: Shirene001	On: 2010/04/12 07:36:17 AM
Good, one less rapist!

By: Oberon	On: 2010/04/12 07:37:26 AM
Serves him right. If every community reacted in a similar manner we'd have less violent crime in our country. Everytime savages would want to take part in violent crime, they would understand that they're putting their own lives on the line...

By: edpreez	On: 2010/04/12 08:03:25 AM
Well done - hope he suffered - should have first cut off the problematic area - then beaten him to death.

By: RobRocks	On: 2010/04/12 08:10:43 AM
Yet, if you live in the suburbs, you'll get a lawyer - duck-and-dive justice for years and eventually get a suspended sentence and be required to pull weeds at Kabega Park police station 18 hours per month, for a year. Not all animals are created equal in this warped society of ours.

By: BallinLikes	On: 2010/04/12 09:01:38 AM
If you scream, help will come. I like this community. If only we can treat all rapist like that. If we can only catch them all red handed, so there will be no complications in court.

By: MasterMind_PE	On: 2010/04/12 09:16:06 AM
The sad reality is that these savages are told by raping a child / baby, it makes them cured of HIV / AIDS. What a dumb@ss lot and how stupid can you be to believe this. then comes the sick sie of forcing yourself on a defenceless child. No wonder Africa is such a mess with this kind of mentality running around. I say good for the community in removing this rubbish from the streets, he would have been given R500 bail, a slap on the wrist and back on the street in no time...

By: Ruffles	On: 2010/04/12 10:54:10 AM
Fantastic news.I fully support mob justice.They get the problem sorted out once and for all.

By: FleurDeLis	On: 2010/04/12 10:55:58 AM
Good !

By: Tlathi	On: 2010/04/12 11:27:32 AM
I'm glad that he won't do that ever again,bantu baseMthatha,thank you u've done a great job by reducing the number of rapists in this SA we're living in.May the good lord bless you,keepup the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: 2010	On: 2010/04/12 01:08:48 PM
before killing hin they should have raped him -- with a pole digger.

By: OwlRun	On: 2010/04/12 04:06:01 PM
Congratulations to the Mthatha community for removing a piece of worthless sh*t from the streets so he won't be able to do it again.