Langa Man Raped In Bushes For Being Gay
In an unfortunate incident, a 21-year-old man was dragged into the bushes and raped because he is gay.
The man, whose name has been withheld for fear of victimisation, alleges that the perpetrator attacked him in a bushy area along Bhunga Avenue in Langa on Saturday.
She said her son was walking in Church Street when a man called him and asked to share his entjie.
“After agreeing, he said they walked a distance and after that he attacked him and dragged him to a bush, where he raped him,” the hartseer mother said.
She said that the family knew that her son was gay and had accepted him, but he had experienced homophobia.
The mother also added that from what the victim told the family, the perpetrator had preplanned this.
“He was almost raped here in Langa and at boarding school in Stellenbosch. He once arrived here traumatised after he was attacked and almost got raped by a group of men in Stellenbosch. From what he’s telling us it seems as if the perpetrator had been planning this,” she said.
Langa Community Advice Services’ Anele Gqasana said the victim was targeted because of his sexual orientation.
Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said the suspect was arrested and would appear in court once charged.
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