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Naked man glued to exercise bicycle
A gang stripped a South African man before supergluing him to an exercise bicycle while they ransacked his house, according to a report yesterday.
- Reuters
- Published: 00:00 May 4, 2007
Johannesburg: A gang stripped a South African man before supergluing him to an exercise bicycle while they ransacked his house, according to a report yesterday.
SAPA news agency said the attackers, dressed in suits, hijacked a man in his 50s and forced him at gunpoint to take them to his home in Johannesburg.
"The victim was then forced to strip, after which he was superglued to the seat of an exercise bicycle, his hands were superglued, as were his feet and then his mouth was superglued shut," SAPA quoted Mark Stokoe, a spokesman for emergency services Netcare 911, as saying.
The man was rescued about three hours later when his partner arrived home, SAPA said.
South Africa is battling one of the world's highest crime rates which has prompted concerns that violence might mar the 2010 soccer World Cup, which the country is due to host.
A police spokesman could not immediately comment on the report.
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