KZN couple hacked with bush knife

A man, 33, and a woman, 29, were viciously attacked near the Port Shepstone beachfront on Monday before the woman was raped.

It is alleged the man's left arm was hacked open and the woman was left with gaping wounds on her head and both thighs. She was also raped, South Coast Herald reported.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Zandra Wiid said Port Shepstone police responded to the scene near Princess Elizabeth Drive at about 10pm.

"The couple was attacked with a bush knife. The suspect also raped the woman before running away. An attempted murder case has been opened," said Wiid.

She added shortly afterwards, police were called to Hansen Road, Oslo Beach. A man watching television in his lounge was attacked by an intruder wielding a bush knife.

"The man (45) sustained injuries to the head and was taken to hospital," she said.

An attempted murder case was opened. No arrests have yet been made.

In a separate incident, a 23-year-old man was attacked with a bush knife and beheaded in KwaZulu-Natal last year.

The head was discovered in an advanced state of decomposition inside several plastic shopping bags and buried in the ground.