
South Africa: Authorities charge seven over gang rape
Seven men have been charged with 32 counts of rape after an assault at an abandoned mine.
South African authorities have charged seven men with 32 counts of rape after a mass assault at an abandoned mine near Johannesburg. A group of eight women were attacked while filming a music video at the mine near the town of Krugersdorp last month. We'll speak our correspondent there to hear the latest.
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(Photo: Protesters carry placards, as more than 80 men suspected of gang raping eight women and carrying out an armed robbery of a television crew appear in court in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, South Africa, August 3, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)
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