18-year old man arrested for raping niece (10)

Zim Now Writer

Police in Bulawayo have arrested an 18-year-old Nkulumane man on allegations of raping his 10-year-old niece.

The girl is in Grade Four.

Confirming the arrest, acting provincial police spokesperson for Bulawayo, Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele said:

“A 10-year-old female juvenile was raped by her uncle. On November 18, the mother of the juvenile caught her daughter with her brother who is seven years old engaged in a sexual act. The mother then asked where the daughter learnt what she was doing with her little brother. She revealed that she usually did it with her uncle."

The child revealed that sometime in 2019, the accused person visited and sexually molested her.

In 2021, on an unknown date, the child visited her grandfather in Pumula South where the suspect stayed and was abused again.

On November 19, the victim’s mother made a report to the police, leading to the suspect’s arrest.

This comes as a nine-year-old girl recently gave birth through Caesarean section at the United Bulawayo Hospital, while another one of the same age fell pregnant in Bindura after she was allegedly raped by two 17-year-old step brothers.