Were rapists on muti duty?

12 May 2015 - 02:08 By Staff reporter

Police are investigating the possibility that the sperm of a man who was raped at gunpoint by three women was taken for muti. "There can be a demand for sperm in traditional medicines," Constable Mncedi Mbombo told the UK online newspaper, MailOnline.The 33-year-old victim of the rape, which happened last week in Port Elizabeth, told the paper of his "disbelief, shock and pain" at what unfolded after the women pulled up in a black BMW at 8am and asked him for directions before ordering him into the car.He said they drove him to a quiet place where they raped him."They told me that they didn't want my money or to hurt me, they said 'what we want from you is your semen'."I soon knew that they were very serious and I felt very scared and just could not do what they wanted me to do."One of them, she was the youngest one, started to get angry with me and screamed and shouted at me. One of the other women told her to stop frightening me as I would not be able to get an erection," he told MailOnline.Apparently when he couldn't do what they ordered him to do, they got some powder from one of their handbags and emptied it into a plastic bottle of water and mixed it."They made me take that drink five times. I was with them for about 40 minutes."Once they had got all the semen they could get from me, which they collected in a bag, they packed it in a cooler box. Then they just shouted at me to get out of the car and drove away fast. I was in a lot of pain and shock. I still am."Mbombo said this was the first time he had heard of semen being stolen, telling MailOnline: "We are looking at links with other reported crimes that have similarities."The unmarried victim sells brooms and other household items door-to-door to raise money to send to his parents and siblings in Zimbabwe.He is on pain medication, but is fearful of being on the streets.Professor Anthony Minnar, from the School of Criminal Justice at University of South Africa, told MailOnline: "Although I have not heard of semen being stolen, I imagine sangomas might be able to charge more if they can say that live human specimens are being used that make it strong muti."Human elements are worth more financially." ..

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