Cabbie rapes passenger

MANILA, Philippines – A 25-year-old woman was raped by a taxi driver and his companion, who abandoned her at a subdivision in Angono, Rizal at past midnight Monday.

The woman, a finance officer working in Bonifacio Global City, was found naked and hogtied in Nieves Hills, Barangay San Isidro, according to Inspector Glen Cuevas, Angono deputy police chief.

The woman told police she boarded the taxi at the intersection of 5th and 26th Avenues in Taguig and asked the driver to bring her to her apartment in Makati City.

When they reached EDSA-Guadalupe, the driver’s accomplice got out of the taxi’s compartment, Cuevas said.

The woman said she was repeatedly raped by the two men, who tooks turns driving the taxi through Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Marikina, Antipolo and Angono.

The driver and his companion took the victim’s bag, which contained her identification and ATM cards and P2,500 cash; her iPhone 6s and a watch, Cuevas said.

He added that they are looking into reports that a similar incident happened in Makati City last month.