An alleged rapist from Thohoyandou, Limpopo, SA, had to beg angry residents not to cut off is privates and fortunately for him, cops arrived before he was beaten to death.
The man and two of his friends allegedly tried to rape a schoolgirl on Friday.
The girl was on her way home from school when was dragged to the nearby bush by the three men. She screamed and alerted people passing by.
Two of the men ran away but the third one was caught and he cried, “Please leave my 4-5 alone. Please don’t hurt my 4-5.”
The police fired rubber bullets and one man was shot as they tried to disperse the angry crowd.
The would-be rapist is allegedly out on parole.
He was stoned and stripped by the angry residents.
An angry woman said: “We will not fold our arms while police do nothing to protect us. We should have been allowed to finish him off.”
Thohoyandou Police Major Mashudu Malelo said the community must learn to arrest suspects and hand them over to the police, rather than assaulting them.
“Taking the law into their own hands is criminal and we will arrest anyone who does it,” said Malelo.