The Limpopo police arrested a 17-year-old boy after allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in Mashobye village, outside Giyani.
Provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the teenager committed this crime on Sunday and he was arrested on Monday.
According to information, the teenager was said to be the victim’s half-brother.
“The child was allegedly playing with others at home when she disappeared for a while,” Mojapelo said.
“The mother was looking for the victim around the yard, when she found her inside her brother’s room. She immediately became suspicious when looking at the baby and started questioning the brother, fearing the worst might have happened to the child.”
He said police were called and the child was immediately taken to a local hospital for medical examinations.
“It was confirmed that she was indeed raped. The suspect was then apprehended.”
The teenager will appear in the Malamulele Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
Mojapelo said provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nneke Ledwaba had “strongly condemned this incident in which a vulnerable baby was raped by someone who was supposed to be protecting her”.
