A WOMAN has allegedly been raped by an armed gang in front of her boyfriend who was then tied up and drowned in a suburban park.

Their friends, another couple, were also attacked and the man bound and drowned in the lake alongside his mate.

The Mirror reports that the group were walking through Rhodes Park, Kensington, near Johannesburg, South Africa, around 7pm on Saturday when they were ambushed.

Democratic Alliance Gauteng MPL Jack Bloom said he had “established from a reliable source that a woman was raped and she and another woman were forced to watch as their partners were tied up and drowned in the lake in Rhodes Park in Kensington, east Johannesburg”.

South African Police confirmed that two bodies were removed from a lake in the early hours of Sunday morning. The men were aged 25 and 32.

They’re investigating two counts of murder and one count of rape.

The gang fled the park and the two woman were able to call for help.

No arrests have been made at this stage and authorities are desperate to find the culprits.