Man killed trying to save woman from rape

Themba Nkumbi stood up against alleged rapists and paid a heavy price. The 21-year-old Soweto man was killed while trying to rescue a young woman.

The young woman was standing outside her home with a friend when four men surrounded them and began to harass them.

Nkumbi managed to open the gate for her to crawl into the yard but moments later, the perpetrators shot him and he died at the scene.

The woman he saved says she’s grateful to him for saving her life.

“I am not the same girl anymore. I feel indebted to him. If he didn’t open the gate for me, I would have been the one who is dead now,” she said.

“We would be talking a different story, I would be the one trending that they have found a girl raped and dead in the bushes. If I didn’t scream I don’t know what would’ve happened.”

While he’s seen as a hero, his family is reeling from this devastating loss.

Three suspects have been arrested and will appear in the Protea Magistrates court.

One more is still on the run.

Nkumbi’s family hope his death is not in vain and will encourage other men to take a stand against gender-based violence.

Source: eNCA

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