AN 18-year-old housewife and her mother were robbed sometime around 23:00hrs on Sunday night by two armed assailants, one of whom then allegedly raped the young mother, before making good their escape.

According to sources, the young lady along with her two children, ages four years and four-months, along with her mother, 52, had returned from the Berbice Expo and were sitting under their house talking, when two men armed with handguns, stormed the gate firing two shots and ordered them to lie on the ground.

The men, reportedly, wore dark clothing with hand handkerchiefs tied over their mouths and noses to conceal their identities.

The bandits relieved the victims of one LG cellphone, four silver bangles and three silver rings, all valued at approximately $66,000. Before leaving, one of the bandits ordered the teenager to get up and follow him into a dark area, where he pointed the gun to her and raped her.

The police arrived shortly after the bandits left and retrieved a warhead from the scene, but despite combing the area there was no trace of the men.

The young lady was taken to a medical institution where she was examined. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.