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Six boys suspended for school gang rape

The two seven-year-old school girls allegedly gang raped by six boys at a school in Vosloorus are receiving counselling and the perpetrators have been suspended.

The attack on the girls took place during school hours at Rebonthseng Primary on Monday.

The Gauteng Education Department says it was only informed of the incident by the local community on Wednesday.

Premier David Makhura and Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi have met with the parents of all the children involved.

The department says it is concerned by the way the incident was handled and is demanding reasons why school safety policy was not followed.

A couple of months ago the MEC dealt with a similar case at a school in Tshwane, and says it is a very concerning issue for the department.

The school governing body has suspended these boys, aged between seven and ten, for five days while they initiate a disciplinary process.

Lesufi has instructed that counselling must also be extended to the parents of all the children due to possibly being traumatised as well.

Source: eNCA

Gang rape at primary school ignored for weeks

Police officers from Boschkop police station in Gauteng confirmed that an 8-year-old girl and her classmate were examined following reports that they had been raped.

“I am so hurt; the principal has been aware of this for two weeks. Despite telling parents that he has taken the matter to the police, he has done nothing,” the father said.

The father had discovered possible sexual assault on his daughter two weeks ago.

When he investigated it emerged that his little girl had been one of four girls, aged between 7 and 9, raped allegedly by four older boys at the Kutumela Molefi Primary School at Lethabong informal settlement, east of Pretoria.

“I spoke with the mother of one of the girls and she found that her child been badly injured.”

The mother had gone to the school and was told that the problem would be dealt with by the principal.

“The principal said he would investigate. A few days later he said he had reported it to the police. When I followed up, I found the police had no idea that this had happened.”

In the past two weeks, the parents have been sent from pillar to post by the principal and teachers at the school.

They also promised to bring in counsellors to make sure the children were examined for signs of penetration.

“My wife has also been threatened for speaking about this in public, being told that she should not dare tarnish the image of the principal,” the father said.

His wife and stepmother of the child had been to the school to enquire on the progress of the school’s investigation when she was allegedly intimidated by the teachers.

When progress was not forthcoming, the worried father enlisted the help of members of his church.

Policies required the school to report such incidents to the department, police and medical professionals immediately on becoming aware of them.

The Boschkop police scheduled the girls for counselling ths week, and officers opened a case and started their investigation immediately.

Gay man gang-raped

rape7A 20-year-old gay man was gang-raped and his mattress burned in Roodepan near Kimberley, Northern Cape police said on Monday.

He was raped in the early hours of Sunday at a house in Lerato Park, Lieutenant Sergio Kock said.

Asked if this had been a homophobic attack, Kock said: “We cannot confirm if it was a homophobic attack or not, that we can’t say really.”

Five men allegedly forced their way into the house where the man was with his boyfriend. The boyfriend managed to escape. The men allegedly took turns raping him.

“It is further alleged that the suspects set alight a mattress inside the house and later fled the scene.”

No one had been arrested.

Woman journalist gang raped in Mumbai

An Indian anti-rape protester with hand covered in fake blood
An Indian anti-rape protest

Police say a young woman photojournalist has been gang raped while her male colleague was tied up and beaten in India’s business hub of Mumbai. The case was reminiscent of the December gang rape of a young university student in the Indian capital.

Police said the woman was on assignment to take pictures of an abandoned textile factory in south Mumbai late Thursday when five men confronted her, and offered to help her get permission to shoot inside the building. Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh told reporters that the men tied her colleague’s hands with a belt while she was gang raped. The woman, reported to be in her early 20s, is in stable condition in hospital.

The assault comes amid heightened concerns about sexual violence in India. – AP