South Africa: More than 80 men were seen in court on Monday in the South African city of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. He is suspected of participating in the gang rape of eight women and the armed robbery of a video production crew.
After an alleged rape and robbery near a closed mine, the men were detained at an abandoned mining site.
The suspects are alleged hoarders, or illegal miners, looking for gold in several abandoned mines scattered across the Johannesburg area. According to local reports, a large number of illegal miners are foreigners.
According to locals, hoarding gangs of illegal miners are also responsible for the high crime rate of the area.
According to police, the gang rape took place when an armed group of men attacked a crew filming a music video in a deserted mine on Thursday of last week.
According to a statement by the province's police commissioner, Lieutenant General Ilyas Mawela, the 22-member squad, comprising 12 women and 10 men, was busy filming a music video when they were allegedly shot by a group of armed men wearing blankets. was killed. was attacked by was attacked by Gauteng.
The witness claimed that the suspects asked everyone to lie down, then raped eight women and stole everyone's property. All of the crew's video gear was stolen.
According to him, the police is investigating 32 cases of rape.
According to National Police Minister Bhiki Seli, the rapists will be identified through laboratory analysis of DNA samples taken from rape victims.
Additional charges of illegal mining and immigration are likely to be brought against the additional arrested persons.
More than 300 people protested in front of the Krugersdorp Magistrates' Court on Monday to show neighborhood outrage over the rape.
The community and women's organizations in the area are outraged by the news of gang rape and robbery and have complained that such incidents are frequent in the Krugersdorp area.
Zandile Dabula, general secretary of Operation Dudula, a group protesting against undocumented immigrants in South Africa, said: "We are going to demand that the police station be put under administration because the community committed many of the crimes committed by the zama-zama But nothing has been done."
The group took part in a demonstration in front of the Krugersdorp courthouse on Monday.
"They should be put under administration as it is clear that they have failed to tackle crime in the area," Dabula said.
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