80 people in court after South African 'shame-of-nation' gang-rape

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More than 80 people arrested following a gang-rape of eight South African women appeared before a court on Monday, as the police minister

described the assault as the “shame of the nation”.

“What happened in Krugersdorp is just a shame to the nation,” Police Minister Bheki Cele told a press briefing on Monday, adding some of the victims would suffer long-term consequences.Women protest outside the Krugersdorp, South Africa, Magistrates Court Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. More than 80 men suspected of the gang rapes of eight women and armed robbery of a video production crew in the ming town, west of Johannesburg appeared in court on Monday.

Two more suspects were killed in a shoot-out with police and a third one was wounded and taken to a local hospital, police said.

 

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