Foreign tourist raped in Jeffrey's Bay

Johannesburg - A 27-year-old Russian citizen was raped in Jeffrey's Bay on Saturday, Eastern Cape police said.

Superintendent Priscilla Naidu said the woman was walking back to her hotel at around 01:15 on Saturday morning.

She left a local club accompanied by two men. The three split up and she walked home alone.

Near Pellsrus parking area, about a kilometre from her hotel, she was grabbed from behind and forced into bushes next to the road.

The woman screamed but the man struck her and threatened to kill her.

He then raped her before telling the woman that he was HIV-positive.

The woman managed to get back to the main road where she ran to people.

A case of rape was being investigated. As usual No arrests had been made.