DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 14 -- THE police are hunting for a man alleged to have defiled two minors in the region.

The man is said to have committed the offence on January 9, this year, in Maisaka, Babati Municipal Council.

Confirming the incident at the weekend, Manyara Regional Police Commander SACP Paul Kasabago said the man allegedly defiled the two minors, one aged 7 and the other 8 years on their way home from Maisaka Primary School.

According to Mr Kasabago, the unidentified man lured the unsuspecting pupils into a bush where he gave each, 500/- before defiling them in turns.

"The man warned them against telling anyone what had happened to them," alleged the regional police boss.

It was a change in the way they walked that made the pa...