Dozens of men arrested after models filming music videos in South Africa were gang-raped.
A suspected illegal gold miner allegedly targeted a victim during a shooting near the town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. have been accused.
A crew of 12 women and her 10 men were robbed by armed attackers before the sexual assault frenzy began, police said.
The policeman he arrested over 80 men. A member of the "Zama Zama" gang, who reportedly operates in a closed mine shaft and is locally accused of a spate of crimes.
Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, chief of police in Gauteng Province, said:
"The suspect ordered everyone to lie down, raped eight women, and took all of their belongings before fleeing the scene."
Production Organization One victim implicated in the corruption,told The Sunday Times of South Africa:
``I felt responsible and wanted to take all the pain so they wouldn't touch the girls.
"I was the first to be raped. The first time they took me to a bush, the second time they took me to a hole where no one could see."
``They kept telling younger boys to rape us, and beat and coerced them. The boys took us one by one into the bush, and the last time they raped me was in front of another group.”
The 19-year-old victim She was forced to lie that she recently had a miscarriage to avoid a miscarriage, the outlet reported.
South Africa's National Police Minister said he would use DNA technology to secure charges against the accused.
More than 300 people demonstrated outside the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court on Monday to express community outrage over the rape.
The incident has also sparked outrage against illegal immigrants, some of whom reportedly came to the region to exploit closed mines in South Africa.
} Zandile Dabula, executive director of Operation Dudula, an organization against illegal immigration in South Africa, was among those who added their voices to the chorus of outrage.
She said: "Many crimes committed by Zamazama have been reported by the community, but nothing has been done, so I will demand that the police station be brought under control."
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