Arrests in female rapists probe
Zimbabwe ^ | October 11, 2011
Detectives investigating a spate of kidnappings and sex attacks on male hitchhikers by female rapists have made three arrests.
Police seized 31 used condoms with semen after a chance breakthrough when a suspect vehicle was involved in an accident in Lower Gweru.
More than a dozen attacks, thought to be for ritual purposes, have been reported mainly in the Midlands and Masvingo provinces. A few more attacks have been reported in Harare and Mashonaland West.
Midlands police chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Charles Makono said officers at an accident scene had their suspicions aroused when three women, including the girlfriend of the vehicle's driver, approached them with an odd request.
"They wanted the officers to allow them to collect a stash of used condoms which were located in the boot of the vehicle," said Chademana.
