South Africa: Woman Screams HIV to Stop Rape

The owner of a Thai massage and spa parlour in Durban averted certain sexual assault after she told her attackers that she was HIV-positive, police said on Wednesday.

Police spokesperson Major Thulane Zwane said that the attack took place in the plush suburb of Durban North as the woman was opening the premises that she and a worker had gone to clean on Saturday morning.

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