12 men held for gang rape
2013-02-21 20:39
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Johannesburg
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Johannesburg - Twelve men were arrested on Thursday
morning for allegedly gang-raping a woman near Driefontein Number Five shaft in
Carletonville, Gauteng police said.
"It is alleged that the victim and her friend were
on their way home to Mpahla Village in Carletonville on Wednesday when they
were confronted by illegal miners," police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini
said.
The woman, 23, was hit on the head with a knobkerrie
before being dragged to nearby bushes where she was allegedly raped by eight
men.
Her friend escaped unharmed.
Dlamini claimed that the men then took the woman to a
shack where another four men joined in raping her.
"She sustained multiple injuries on the head, face
and body, and was taken to hospital," he said.
The arrested men were from Lesotho and would appear soon
in the Carletonville Magistrate's Court. The other men were still being sought.
- SAPA
