14-year-old girl has not returned to school since she was gang raped, allegedly by four boys under the age of 12 who flashed a gun at her and recorded the incident which has since gone viral.
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According to a family spokesperson, the girl has been left traumatised, a consequence of both the assault and the subsequent exposure of the horrific ordeal to the public.
The girl has opened up about the rape, saying children at her school started making fun of her, calling her harsh names and telling her she “wanted it to happen so that she could be famous”.
“As she explained, she bunked on the day it happened.”
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“She had been sitting in the park when she was approached by four boys who flashed a gun at her, forcing her to follow them to an open field near Kapteinsklip train station.