A soldier was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by four women for nearly a week before being stoned and dumped in a mountain range.
The 25-year-old victim's ordeal started when he took up the offer of a lift to the city of Mutare in Zimbabwe.
Two women and a man were in the car, a Mercedes Benz, and, after driving for about an hour towards the city, the driver diverted from the route.
Ordeal: A 25-year-old soldier was abducted by four women and sexually assaulted for four days before being dumped and stoned in a mountain range behind the Zimbabwean city of Mutare (pictured)
When the victim complained, he was threatened with a knife.
Manicaland police spokesman, Assistant Inspector Nuzondiwa Clean, told Zimbabwean paper NewsDay: 'After diverting from the route, the complainant asked where they were heading to and they told him they were going to get some food.
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'The soldier requested to be dropped, but the driver produced a knife and threatened him with it. One of the female passengers blindfolded the complainant with a black cloth.'
According to Mr Clean, they then took the complainant to an unknown house where they undressed him and took away his phone and $35.
Horror: The Zimbabwean solider (not pictured here) reported his ordeal and police have launched a hunt for the suspects
The suspects ordered the man to be intimate with one of the women on several occasions and he was held between April 19-23.
He was then blindfolded again and dropped in the Dangamvura Mountains when, according to police, he was stoned on his left foot, causing a serious injury.
The suspect then drove off.
The soldier made a report at Sakubva Police Station, prompting investigations, and the suspects are now being hunted.