police officers arrested for rape

Name of the story-Police officers arrested for rape

Name of journalist-Ntsebeng Motsoeli

Name of Publication-Lesotho Times

Date-1-7 March 2012

Country-Lesotho

Theme-Gender Violence

Skills-Language

Genre-News

Gem Classification-Gender aware

Maseru-Two police officers were arrested last week for allegedly raping two women Butha-Buthe.The women were stopped while walking in the wee hours of Thursday morning.The police officers told the women it was unlawful for them to be walking at night and ” arrested them”

”They ordered the women to get in to the car and drove to a shop where they bought condoms” Masupha Masupha,the police spokesman said.”Then they took them to a house where they rape them.”The women managed to escaped when the men fell asleep”.He said the women then reported the matter to the police

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